International Art Online Auction

December 07, 2017

LOT 1

Lot 1

Benjamin Champney (1817-1907)

Benjamin Champney (1817-1907)
Lot 1 Details
Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), American

LANDSCAPE (NEW HAMPSHIRE)

Oil on board; signed with initials “B.C.” and dated indistinctly in red paint lower left, titled “Landscape” to the exhibition label verso
8.25 x 6.5 in — 21 x 16.5 cm

Estimate $1,500-$2,500

Realised: $5,100
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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Benjamin Champney (1817-1907)
  • Benjamin Champney (1817-1907)
  • Benjamin Champney (1817-1907)
Provenance:

“Deposited by J.T. & F.C. Macauley,”
inscribed to exhibition label verso;
Private Collection, Staten Island, New York;
By descent to their granddaughter, Toronto

Exhibited:

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1890 exhibition label (with the “60th Annual...” crossed out in blue crayon to the label) inscribed in blue crayon to the exhibition label verso

Note:

Champney was born in Ipswich, New Hampshire and died in Woburn, Massachusetts. He was one of the most important landscape artists of the White Mountain School.

CONDITION DETAILS

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