AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century). VIEW OF THE HUDSON RIVER NEAR WEST POINT, oil on canvas - Framed, 25 in. x 30 in. Estimate $3,000-4,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ruthann Coggins Bardes, Greenwich, CT.
Very old glue lining. Fine craquelure throughout with some slight lifting of pigment. Small loss upper left corner. Yellowed, uneven varnish. UV: 1 in. x 1 in. areas inpainting in water to left of lower left sailboat and paddlewheel. Few other small scattered areas of inpainting in water and few in mountains at left. Additional inpainting along top edge of work and scattered small dots and few slightly larger ( 1 in x 1 in.) areas inpainting in sky, primarily on left side.
