Oil on canvas
30.48 cms x 45.72 cms (12 ins x 18 ins)
Signed lower right
Lot offered for sale by A.H.Wilkens, Toronto at the auction event "January 18th European Art, Textiles & Decorative Art Auction" held on Tue, Jan 18, 2022.
Lot 1145
Lot 1145
Estimate: CAD $30,000 - $50,000
Realised: CAD $28,000
Realised: CAD $28,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
JAMES EDWARD BUTTERSWORTH (1817-1894)
The Galatea (America's Cup Race 1886)
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Size: 12 x 18 in.
Provenance: (By repute) Dave Hennen Morris (1872- 1944) and Alice Vanderbilt Shepard Morris (1874–1950), of New York; by descent to Dave Hennen Morris Jr., of New York; by descent to Dave Hennen Morris 3rd; his widow Hazel Morris.
Note: There are 18 recorded paintings by Buttersworth depicting the America's Cup Sloops/1886 Races in which the British Galatea faced the defending American Mayflower.
Literature: See R.J. Schaefer, J.E. Buttersworth: 19th-Century Marine Painter, Mystic, Connecticut, 1975, p. 235, no. 10, a possible match; and p. 209 for illustration of a companion painting, Mayflower Leading Galatea Around the Lightship.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with A.H.Wilkens auction house for permission to use.