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Lot 35

Alfred T. Ordway (Am. 1819-1897), "Early Summer", Oil on canvas, framed

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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Alfred T. Ordway

(Am. 1819-1897)

"Early Summer"

Oil on canvas, framed

Signed l.r., titled on stretcher verso, Robert C. Vose gallery label on stretcher, Vose Galleries label verso on backing

23 3/4" x 35 7/8" actual, 30 1/4" x 42 1/4" framed

Provenance:

Thomas Wigglesworth (according to early Vose ledger); to Mrs. Theodore Jones (according to early Vose ledger); to Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 6779, 192; to Paul Shortridge, Shortridge Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri, December 1925 to November 1927; to Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 7835, November 1927; to Adrian Eckberg, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1929; to Private Collection by 1949; to Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 16496, December 1949 Purchased by Robert C. Vose, Jr; gifted by Robert C. Vose, Jr. to Dr. Eugene Record, September 1952; eventually to collection of a private dealer, Roslindale, Massachusetts, by 2021, who acquired it in the trade

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Vose | Barridoff American Fine Art Auction

Alfred T. Ordway (Am. 1819-1897), "Early Summer", Oil on canvas, framed

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