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Lot 59: Fritz Siegfried George Melbye

Est: $10,000 USD - $15,000 USD
Doyle New YorkNew York, NY, USMay 24, 2005

Item Overview

Description

Danish, 1826-1896
ENCAMPMENT AT SUNSET IN THE TROPICS
Signed and dated F.S. Melbye 1867 (lr)
Oil on board
15 3/5 x 19 inches (39.0 x 48.2 cm.)
Unframed

Frame rubbing. Dirty varnish. Scattered craquelure. Wear along edges and in corners. Slight warp to board. Scattered inpainting along the frame rubbing. Several spots of inpainting in the lower left corner. There does not appear to be inpainting within the painting. Few small spots in the sky where the paint is blistering. The artist was painting in Jamaica in 1866. This is possibly a view in Jamaica or another Caribbean island.

Auction Details

Modern & Contemporary and European & American Art

by
Doyle New York
May 24, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

175 East 87th Street, New York, NY, 10128, US