Sale 2885
New York
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27 October 2014
PROPERTY OF A FLORIDA COLLECTOR
Price realised
USD 22,500
Estimate
Bernardus Johannes Blommers (Dutch, 1845-1914) The Catch signed 'Blommers.' (lower right) oil on canvas 10¾ x 16½ in. (27.3 x 41.9 cm.)
Provenance
Elbert H. Gary (1846-1927), Indiana. His estate sale; American Art Galleries, New York, 20 April 1928, lot 7. Fred F. French, New York, acquired at the above sale. By descent to the present owner.
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