$1,800
Attributed to Robert Seldon Duncanson (American, 1821-1872). "The Old Mill Pond, In Light & Shadows", oil on canvas, apparently unsigned. Painting depicts a finely dressed African American couple boarding a canoe at the edge of a pond, the boat surrounded by lily pads, with brightly colored flowering bushes to the left bank behind the couple along with a tall dark ridge, the opposite bank having a wooden fence and in the distance a mill house up a hill in front of towering, full green trees, with storm clouds rolling in from the right above the scene. Pencil inscription to verso of stretcher with title. Framed approximately 34.25" x 27.75", unframed approximately 24" x 18".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-03-22
