Sale 2561
New York
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16 May 2012
Price realised
USD 96,100
Estimate
Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908) Eagle Head, Manchester-by-the-Sea signed with conjoined initials 'ATBricher' (lower left) oil on canvas 18 x 34 in. (45.7 x 86.4 cm.) Painted circa 1881-84.
Provenance
The artist. Carolina Art Association, Charleston, South Carolina, by 1905. [With]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1981. Christopher Whittle, Waitsfield, Vermont, acquired from the above, 1983. Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 1991, lot 19. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
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Exhibited
Charleston, South Carolina, Carolina Art Association, Exhibition of Paintings, 1905, no. 307. Charleston, South Carolina, Carolina Art Association, Exhibition of Paintings, 1908, no. 502.
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