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Lot 13

William Bradford (Am. 1823-1892), Ships amid Icebergs, Baffins Bay, Greenland, Oil on canvas, framed

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Starting Bid
$15,000

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William Bradford

(Am. 1823-1892)

Ships amid Icebergs, Baffins Bay, Greenland

Oil on canvas, framed

Unsigned, inscribed "Baffins Bay, Greenland" on stretcher verso, Vose Galleries label on backing

20 1/8" x 30 1/8" actual, 26 1/4" x 36 1/4" framed


Provenance:

Private Collection, Groton, Massachusetts, who discovered and purchased it at a Groton estate sale around 2016


Label (top stretcher, verso) Gramstorff Bros., Inc., Malden, Massachusetts (art framing and photography company), inscription (top stretcher, verso) Baffins Bay / Greenland Private collection, Groton, Massachusetts, who discovered and purchased it at a Groton estate sale around 2016.

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Private Collection, Groton, Massachusetts, who discovered and purchased it at a Groton estate sale around 2016