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Lot 6: Frank Waller (American, 1842-1923)

Est: £12,000 GBP - £18,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 15, 2005

Item Overview

Description

On the Nile
signed with monogram and dated 'W.F.T. Waller 73' (lower right)
oil on canvas
11 3/4 x 26 in. (29.9 x 66 cm.)
Painted in 1873.

Artist or Maker

Provenance

with Richard York Gallery, New York.

Notes

This is probably the painting that Frank Waller exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1873 under the title On the Nile near Benisouef.

Born in New York City, Waller studied at the New York Free Academy. A founder and president of the Art Students League he also studied there with William Merritt Chase and exhibited with that institution from 1870 to 1887. He also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Boston Art Club.

In addition to undertaking several studies of the Egyptian landscape, he also painted in Venice, upper New York State, New Hampshire and Bermuda.

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Auction Details

An Important Private Collection of Ottoman & Orientalist Paintings

by
Christie's
June 15, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK