$13,035
American School, 19th Century Portrait of the Sloop Yacht ALBATROSS Sailing Under a Full Moon. Signed "M.E. Yorks" l.l., vessel identified on plaque below. Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 24 in., in original gilt-gesso frame, further framed under glass. Condition: Very good. Provenance: By family descent of John Hohorst, a sailmaker in Brooklyn, New York, who owned the yacht jointly with his brother Louis (Louie) Hohorst, a shipyard worker. Note: Accompanying the painting are photocopies of several pages in an account book regarding the purchase of the yacht in 1891 by brothers John and Louis Hohorst, the cost of supplies to refurbish the craft, and also of the sale of it four years later in 1895.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07