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Lovely and richly textured Tonalist landscape, attributed on verso to American artist Willard Leroy Metcalf (b. 1858-d. 1925). He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Académie Julian in Paris, then was an instructor at the Art Students League in New York. His earlier work was mostly figure studies and illustrations, but he is most well known for his later landscape paintings.
This is likely one of Metcalf’s later pieces, as the palette is much cooler than some of his previous works.
Unsigned and not dated, attribution on strainer
Medium: oil on linen
Size of strainer: 6 5/8” x 8 5/8” Outside size of frame: 10 1/4” x 12 1/4”
Year of creation: c. 1920
Condition notes: Surface is freshly cleaned and a new varnish applied. No paint losses apparent. The support was lined with Belgian linen, with a contemporary strainer and custom frame.
High Auction Result: $1,016,000 Sotheby’s 12/01/2004