Benjamin Champney (1817-1907) - Landscape (New Hampshire)

Landscape (New Hampshire)

oil on board
21 cms x 16.5 cms (8.3 ins x 6.5 ins)
Signed with initials "B.C." and dated indistinctly in red paint lower left, titled "Landscape" to the exhibition label verso
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art Online Auction" held on Thu, Dec 7, 2017.
Lot 1
Estimate: CAD $1,500 - $2,500
Realised: CAD $5,100

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

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

Exhibitions:
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
Notes:
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.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Landscape (New Hampshire) by artist Benjamin Champney