Sold for $20,000

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Lot Description

Nellie Augusta Knopf

(American, 1875-1962)

Pacific Ledges

, 1924

oil on canvas

signed N.A. Knopf and dated (lower right)

36 x 40 inches.

Property from the Collection of MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois

Provenance:
Senator and Mrs. MacMurray
Donated by the above to MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois

Condition Report

Condition: Canvas is lined. Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust. Craquelures throughout surface, with localized areas of minor lifting. Pinpoint paint loss under framed edge in center right. Under UV, strokes of inpainting through upper half, primarily in the sky and water. One 1/2 x 1/2 inch area of inpainting in center left. Two small areas of inpainting in lower center.
Framed: 42 x 46 inches.

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