Sale 2681
New York
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27 February 2013
Price realised
USD 32,500
Estimate
John George Brown (1831-1913) Shine, Sir? signed and dated 'J.G. Brown N.A./1885.' (lower left) oil on canvas 24 x 16¼ in. (61 x 41.3 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, circa 1985. Sotheby's, New York, 14 March 2001, lot 40. Private collection, Maryland, acquired from the above. Estate of the above.
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Literature
M. Hoppin, The World of J.G. Brown, Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 2010, pp. 159, 161, fig. 8-10, illustrated.
Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Estate of a Maryland Collector
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