$10,455
Charles Herbert Woodbury (American, 1864-1940) Lone Survivor , alternately titled Stripped Land , 1925 Unsigned, titled on the stretcher, identified on a label from The MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, affixed to the backing. Oil on canvas, 36 x 39 3/4 in. (92.0 x 101.0 cm), in a period frame. Condition: Lined, minor scattered retouch (predominately to lower edge). Provenance: Ex-collection of Ruth Ruyl Woodbury, daughter-in-law of the artist; Skinner Inc., American & European Paintings, November 22, 2002, Sale 2168, Lot 280. Literature: Joan Loria and Warren A. Seamans, Earth, Sea and Sky: Charles H. Woodbury, Artist and Teacher 1864-1940 (Cambridge: The MIT Museum, 1988), p. 90. Exhibitions: Earth, Sea and Sky: Charles H. Woodbury, Artist and Teacher 1864-1940, The MIT Museum, March 19 to October 2, 1988; The Portland Museum of Art, April 14 to June 11, 1989.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-16
