Lot 2090: LEWIS THOMAS IVES [AMERICAN 1833-1894], OIL ON CANVAS, 1876, 30" X 35", PORTRAIT OF 2 BOYS

LEWIS THOMAS IVES [AMERICAN 1833-1894], OIL ON CANVAS, 1876, 30" X 35", PORTRAIT OF 2 BOYS: Signed and dated center right. Detroit Institute of Arts label on verso inscribed "Gift of the Estate of Cornelius L. Laurense thru - Robert McKinnell, Executor 7/9/36". H. O. McInerney Co. label. Portrait of two young boys with basket of flowers in landscape. In period gilt wood frame. Ives was a portrait artist in Detroit from 1852-1894. Label reads: "Gift of the Estate of Cornelius L. Laurense Tru Robert McKinnell Executor 7/9/36"