Lot 112: William Joseph McCloskey (1859-1941 Orange, CA) Florida Oranges

still life - oranges and paper wrappers, signed and dated lower right: W.J. McCloskey 1891, signed and dated again on an artist's label affixed to the stretcher, oil on canvas, 8'' x 18'', est:$100,000/150,000. Exhibited: 'Annual'', National Academy of Design, New York, NY, April 6 - May 16, 1891, no. 435, ($100). Literature: N. Moure, ''Partners in Illusion: Alberta Binford and William J. McCloskey'', Santa Ana: Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 1996, no. 91.6.W., p. 93. Provenance: John W. Greene; The Auction for British War Relief, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, March 1941, donated from the above; Dr. and Mrs. M.T. Field, purchased from the above; Robert Burkhardt, Kutztown, PA, acquired from the above, by 1965; Private Collection, Saratoga Springs, NY, acquired from the above, 1970s (see attached provenance documents)

8 H x 18 W

oil on canvas

Visual: Minor, stable craquelure throughout and some minor varnish bloom in the upper left quadrant and lower center quadrant. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.

Literature: N. Moure, ''Partners in Illusion: Alberta Binford and William J. McCloskey'', Santa Ana: Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 1996, no. 91.6.W., p. 93

Provenance: John W. Greene; The Auction for British War Relief, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, March 1941, donated from the above; Dr. and Mrs. M.T. Field, purchased from the above; Robert Burkhardt, Kutztown, PA, acquired from the above, by 1965; Private Collection, Saratoga Springs, NY, acquired from the above, 1970s (see attached provenance documents)