Guy Pène du Bois
(American, 1884-1958)
Beach, Amagansett, 1938
Sale 1339 - American Art
May 16, 2024
2:00PM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$4,000 -
$6,000
Sold for $6,350
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Guy Pène du Bois
(American, 1884-1958)
Beach, Amagansett, 1938
oil on canvas
signed Guy Pène du Bois and dated (lower left)
16 x 20 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
James Graham & Sons, New York
Private Collection
Sold: Christie's East, New York, October 7, 1997, Lot 142
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York
Condition Report
Framed: 23 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust, with heavier dirt visible within the areas of white impasto of clouds and waves; canvas is not lined and is moderately distorted along the upper left edge and in the lower right and left corners; faint stretcher bar marks around image perimeter; one area of very minor craquelures in the lower left corner, as well as additional minor craquelures in the impasto waves in the center; one thin diagonal scratch to the paint in the center, within the sky; a minor black scuff mark in the center, right, between the sky and water line; additional minor scuff marks in the lower left corner; two small brown stains in the lower right corner. Under UV light: no apparent inpainting is visible. Additional images available upon request.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust, with heavier dirt visible within the areas of white impasto of clouds and waves; canvas is not lined and is moderately distorted along the upper left edge and in the lower right and left corners; faint stretcher bar marks around image perimeter; one area of very minor craquelures in the lower left corner, as well as additional minor craquelures in the impasto waves in the center; one thin diagonal scratch to the paint in the center, within the sky; a minor black scuff mark in the center, right, between the sky and water line; additional minor scuff marks in the lower left corner; two small brown stains in the lower right corner. Under UV light: no apparent inpainting is visible. Additional images available upon request.
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