$919
Eric L. (Frederic) Pape (American, 1870-1938) Illustration from The Scarlet Letter Signed and dated "Eric Pape/1900" l.l., estate stamped on the frame backing paper. Oil on ( en grisaille ) canvas, 19 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (49.8 x 33.4 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch, scattered small abrasions and surface imperfections, canvas trimmed and laid on paperboard support with a small area of nonadhesion u.c. Literature: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900), p. 135.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-05-18