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April 5, 2011 | New York, NY, USA
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Lot 9 | William Mason Brown American, 1828-1898 Peaches in a Basket
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William Mason Brown
American, 1828-1898
Peaches in a Basket
Signed with conjoined initials WMBrown (lr); inscribed on the reverse W. M. Brown. Artist./Room 13 Halsey Building./Brooklyn./L.I.
Oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches
Provenance:
Mr. Harry Runkle, Columbus, Ohio
Acquired from the above by Dr. Irving S. Wright, New York City, 1964
Thence by descent to the current owner
Located on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, the Halsey Building was the first home of the Brooklyn Academy of Design, founded in 1866, where free instruction was offered to the young artists of the borough. A Brooklyn resident for many years, William Mason Brown focused on landscape painting early in his career, but turned to still life compositions after 1869.
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