Lot 104: PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. VIRGINIA KRAFT PAYSON JOHN P. BENSON 1865-1947 THE WHALE

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. VIRGINIA KRAFT PAYSON JOHN P. BENSON 1865-1947 THE WHALE HUNT: TOWING BACK AND SAILING HOME: A PAIR OF PAINTINGS

each signed John P. Benson, l.l.

each oil on canvas

Condition Note: Both works- in good condition, canvases are not lined, there are mild stretcher marks. Sailing Home- there are four patches on the reverse of the canvas. Under UV light; Sailing Home- four spots of inpainting that correlate to the patches on the reverse. Towing Back- Scattered spots of inpainting throughout the work.

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Quantity: 2

PROVENANCE

Charles Shipman Payson (purchased circa 1920s)
By descent to the present owner
CATALOGUE NOTE

A related work from the same seriesby the artist is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Massachusetts

each 36 1/2 by 74 1/2 in.<br><br>92.7 by 189.2 cm.