$1,659
American School, 19th Century Shelf with Books. Unsigned. Oil on wood panel, the reverse depicting a portrait of a gentleman, 30 3/4 x 23 1/2 in., unframed. Condition: Panel with two vertical cracks with make-do applied slat repairs on the reverse, surface abrasions. surface yellowed from old varnish, several scattered surface abrasions, and old marring, the portrait on the reverse is of a young man c. 1825., with five various size applied slats of wood to join the cracks together, one of the slat repairs covers the gentleman''s eyes.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-06-08