Lot 13: ROBERT WALTER WEIR 1803-1889

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. AND MRS. EDGAR P. RICHARDSON, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

KAATERSKILL FALLS, NEW YORK

measurements
24 1/2 by 18 1/2 in.

alternate measurements
62.2 by 47 cm.

signed

oil on canvas

Condition Note:

Lined/ Surface is taut and has been compressed/flattened from relining--although retention of colors and details is generally good; fine craquelure throughout Under Ultra Violet: hard to see through dark pigments; there are scattered spots of inpainting, perhaps for craquelure fill-in

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PROVENANCE

Kennedy Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996