GREENVILLE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880

Details

A CARVED WOOD WHALER WEATHERVANE
GREENVILLE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
40 in. wide

Provenance

Richard Rasso, Hudson, New York
Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Acquired from the above in 1987

Literature

Richard Rasso, advertisement, Maine Antique Digest (February 1987).

Special notice

Please note lots marked with a square will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) on the last day of the sale. Lots are not available for collection at Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services until after the third business day following the sale. All lots will be stored free of charge for 30 days from the auction date at Christie’s Rockefeller Center or Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn). Operation hours for collection from either location are from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday-Friday. After 30 days from the auction date property may be moved at Christie’s discretion. Please contact Post-Sale Services to confirm the location of your property prior to collection. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn). Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information.

Sale room notice

Please note that this lot is no longer offered with a reserve.

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Julia Jones Associate Specialist

jjones@christies.com +212 974 4474

Lot Essay

For a similar example see Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentza, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs (New York, 1981), p. 94, no. 164.

More from Important Americana

View All