Lot 144: JOHN LESLIE BRECK (1860-1899) The River

signed "Breck," l.l.- -signed with initials "J L B" on the stretcher- -oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (46 x 55.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Otis Kimball, Esq. EXHIBITED Boston, St. Botolph Club, "J.L. Breck Memorial Exhibition," May 1899, no. 43 New York, National Arts Club, "Memorial Exhibition," Feb.-March 1900, no. 32 According to Jeffrey Brown, this picture is one of four views that Breck painted of the Ept River at Giverny.