FRANCIS WAYLAND SPEIGHT (American, 1896-1989). PENNSYLVANIA FARM SCENE AT TWILIGHT, 1929, Signed lower right, and dated '29 Oil on canvas. Depicts panoramic view of farm, (thought to be in the environs of Doylestown) in summer, with two boys at fence at foreground going across pasture with grazing cattle; distant landscape of low hills under broad purple-blue sky with clouds, possibly as thunderstorm moves off into distance; tree at right; farm dwelling in center mid-ground; palette primarily of rich greens and blues. Framed. - 32 in. x 40 in.; 31 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in., sight size as framed Estimate $25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE: By family descent to present owner, thought to have been originally acquired as a gift or purchase from the artist, who was a friend of the present owner's husband's family.
