Sale 2538
New York
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28 - 29 February 2012
Price realised
USD 5,625
Estimate
Lemuel Maynard Wiles (American, 1826-1905) Pass of the Genesee at Smoky Hollow signed and dated 'L.M. Wiles 1868.' (lower right) oil on canvas 22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.4 cm.) Painted in 1868.
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Christie's East, New York, 1 October 1998, lot 24. Private collection, New York, acquired from the above. By descent to the present owner.
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