Christie's: Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries : Lot 7
FITZ HUGH LANE (1804-1865)
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SAILING, MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE signed " F. H. Lane, " l.l. - - oil on canvas 12 1/2 x 16 3/8 in. (32.5 x 41.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Lee B. Anderson, New York Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York EXHIBITED New London, Lyman Allyn Museum, " American Romantic Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Collection of Lee B. Anderson, " 1961, no. 51 as " Coast Scene " New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., " Quality, An Experience in Collecting, Nov.-Dec. 1974, no. 31, illus., " Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, " Pertaining to the Sea, " March-May, 1976, no. 27 Washington, D.C., Adams Davidson Galleries, " American Luminism, " Feb.-March, 1980, p. 28, no. 18, illus. LITERATURE "Art/Down to the Sea in Paintings", " Newsday, " Aug. 20, 1980., p. 60, illus. According to John Wilmerding, this painting was executed " circa " 1845, based upon the original stamp of the canvas makers Hollis and Wheeler. Samuel Eliot Morrison identifies the scene as East Bunker Ledge on Mt. Desert Island.
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Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries
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1990
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