Lot 24284: GIOSUE DE BENEDICTIS (Italian/American 1874-1958)

GIOSUE DE BENEDICTIS (Italian/American 1874-1958) The Crashing Wave at Dawn, Monhegan, ME , 1933 Oil on canvas 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm) Signed lower right G. De Benedictis 1933 Provenance: Acquired by the current owner from the artist's estate sale, Boston, MA. Giosue De Benedictis was born in Vittorito, Italy, the son of a woodworker. He was educated in the United States where he studied art at the Boston Museum School.