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SARAH ROSELLA FROST (Albany, New York, 1852-1888)
Estimate:
$2,000 - $4,000
Sold
$2,500
Live Auction
Fall Fine & Decorative Arts | November 3
Category
Description
Miles Sisson Homestead, 1886
oil on canvas
h. 22 w. 27 in.
overall: 27 x 32 in.
signed and dated lower left 'S.R. Frost 1886', in the original frame, with an early photograph of the painting inscribed on verso 'Miles Sisson above Medusa' (near Albany, NY). A former owner of the painting wrote on an index card, "Painting of Grandmother Sisson Homestead from Frost Homestead...", also with a draft of an essay about the artist
oil on canvas
h. 22 w. 27 in.
overall: 27 x 32 in.
signed and dated lower left 'S.R. Frost 1886', in the original frame, with an early photograph of the painting inscribed on verso 'Miles Sisson above Medusa' (near Albany, NY). A former owner of the painting wrote on an index card, "Painting of Grandmother Sisson Homestead from Frost Homestead...", also with a draft of an essay about the artist
Condition
a few flakes lower margin, craquelure, relined.
Provenance
Mrs. Charlotte Guild Paddock, East Greenbush, New York;
Descended through the family
