$4,613
Walter Lofthouse Dean (American, 1854-1912) A Summer Day on the Dutch Shore Signed "W. L. DEAN" l.r., titled and signed ".../by Walter L. Dean" on the reverse, with a partial label from the Poland Spring Gallery (see below) on the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. (50.7 x 76.3 cm), in a signed Foster Brothers Makers frame. Condition: Retouch. Exhibitions: Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1898, Poland Spring Gallery, Maine. N.B. The Poland Spring Gallery was started by the Ricker family, purveyors of medicinal waters from Poland Spring and owners of the eponymous resort. The family purchased the Maine State Building from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and in 1894 had it dismantled and reconstructed in Poland Spring to serve as a library and art gallery for the resort's guests. Beginning in 1895, the Poland Spring Art Gallery began exhibiting works by well known artists of the era including Walter Dean, Abbott Graves, Leon Dabo, and Charles H. Woodbury.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-01-27
