$1,384,000
Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804-1865) Camden Mts. from the Graves Signed and dated "FH Lane 1862" l.r., titled, signed, dedicated, and inscribed "...F. H. Lane to J.L. Stevens Jr./Gloucester 1862./A Souvenir of our excursion to Penobscot Bay, Septr. 1855." on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 13 x 22 in. (33.0 x 55.9 cm), framed. Condition: Lined (with window to inscription), retouch, fine craquelure, minor abrasions along tacking edges. Provenance: The artist to Joseph L. Stevens Jr., Gloucester, Massachusetts; [...], Quester Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut; private New Hampshire collection. N.B. Lane first visited Maine in 1848 when he was invited by his close friend from Gloucester, Joseph Lowe Stevens, Jr. (1823-1908), to visit his family's home. (1) A friendship blossomed between Lane and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Lowe Stevens, Sr. In the 1850s Lane was invited several summers to stay at the "Old Homestead," as the Stevens residence was known, in Castine. The home offered direct access to the Penobscot Bay, and Stevens, Jr., would row or sail Lane to various locations to make preparatory sketches for his oils. Lane continued to visit this region through 1863, where he "would paint many pictures of the vicinity as well as small oils of the family house and views done especially for presentation to the Stevens family." (2) By 1855, Lane had made three well-documented cruising trips of the Penobscot Bay region--one in 1850, 1851, and 1852. Most of his sketches were made Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-09-20
