Long Branch Beach

Details

FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
Long Branch Beach
signed and dated 'F.A. Silva. 71.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 x 24 in. (30.5 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1871.

Provenance

Private collection, New York.
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, 11 April 2005, lot 8, sold by the above.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Godel & Co. Fine Art, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2005.

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Lot Essay

While the present work has been previously exhibited as Long Branch Beach, the background’s resemblance to the Twin Lights of Thacher Island suggests that it may instead portray these lighthouses located off the coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, a region that Silva painted throughout 1871.

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