J. FRANK WALDO (1835-1920)
J. FRANK WALDO (1835-1920)
J. FRANK WALDO (1835-1920)
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J. FRANK WALDO (1835-1920)

A View of Island Park, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin

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J. FRANK WALDO (1835-1920)
A View of Island Park, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin
signed and dated 'J.F. Waldo/1875' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 x 36 in. (50.8 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1875.
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
John Jacob Astor, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Christie's, New York, 26 May 1993, lot 49, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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Lot Essay

J. Frank Waldo was born in Vermont in 1835 and eventually settled in Wisconsin in the 1860s, where he worked as a sign painter while also painting landscapes, such as the present work. Another painting by Waldo depicting a similar view of Lake Winnebago is in the collection of the Oshkosh Museum, Wisconsin.

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