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FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA

American, 1835-1886

Sundown, Cape Ann

oil on canvas
signed and dated lower left "F.A. Silva. / 1870"
20 3/4 x 40 in. (52.7 x 101.6 cm.), Frame: 34 x 4 1/4 x 53 1/4 in. (86.4 x 10.8 x 135.3 cm.)

  • Provenance: Johnston & Van Tassell, New York, June 7, 1872, lot 108 (possibly); Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, acquired by 1978; Donald Purdy, Connecticut; Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, 1979; Sotheby's, New York, New York, May 24, 2000, lot 123; Godel & Co., Inc., New York, New York; Private Collection, New York
  • Exhibited: Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York, "American Luminism," 1978.
  • Literature: Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, New York, "American Luminism," exhibition catalog, 1978, no. 32, illustrated; J.I.H. Bauer, "Francis A. Silva: Beyond Luminism," in "The Magazine Antiques", November 1980, pp. 1020, 1022 and 1027, fig. 2, illustrated; Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, "Francis A. Silva (1835-1886): In His Own Light", exhibition catalog, 2002, p. 124, fig. 35, illustrated (titled Cape Ann (Sundown, Summer Seascape).

    Tags: oil painting, listed artist, marine, coastal, seascape, 19th Century, Luminist, Hudson River School
  • Condition: in very good overall condition; wax lined canvas; two very small areas of restoration (less than 1/4 inch each) above the sailboat and along the right edge

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