Sold for:
$308
$308
Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862-1951) Salem Harbor , 1882, edition of about 1,500 (Paff, 1). Signed and dated within the plate. Etching on laid paper, image/sheet size 4 3/8 x 7 5/16 in., framed. Condition: Trimmed to/within the border line, staining, pencil annotations and a printed "1" to verso. N.B. This was Benson's first etching, and he would not return to the medium for 30 years. It was published as a frontispiece for the second number of the magazine The Art Student . The publication was created by the students of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, and Benson was one of the editors.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-03-31
