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THBAlexis Paul Arapoff (Russian/American, 1904-1948) Germanic Museum, Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University
Lot 54
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Early 19th century painters through early Modernists are represented, including works by Arthur Dove, Percival Rosseau, Granville Redmond, Elizabeth Nourse, Marguerite Zorach, and the under-documented Hudson River School painter Louisa Davis Minot. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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Alexis Paul Arapoff (Russian/American, 1904-1948)
Germanic Museum, Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University
Signed "ARAPOFF" l.l., inscribed faintly "GERMANIC MUSEUM" within the composition over the building entranceway.
Gouache and watercolor on paper/board, sight size 20 3/4 x 32 in. (52.5 x 81.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Areas of craquelure and flaking, paint losses, not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Sold for the benefit of the Higginson 1908 Foundation, donated by the Harvard Club of Boston. Originally a gift from William Germain Dooley (1904-1975), art critic, writer and educator of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Exhibitions: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alexis Paul Arapoff Memorial Exhibition, March 12-April 13, 1952.
N.B. This painting depicts a Cambridge, Massachusetts landmark; Adolphus Busch Hall at Harvard University. Harvard's Busch-Reisinger Museum was founded in 1901 as the Germanic Museum. In 1921 the Germanic Museum moved to Adolphus Busch Hall, built partly with funds from Adolphus BuschÆs son-in-law, Hugo Reisinger. In 1950 it was renamed the Busch-Reisinger Museum.Condition
Condition: Framed dimensions are 33 x 43 3/4 x 1 inches.
Areas of craquelure and flaking, including in treetops at u.r. corner, tree trunks in l.r. corner, a line of smal losses close to the signature l.l., losses to the trees at c.l. edge to the left of the tower. Scattered surface imperfections to the sky. Upon close inspection, there is some faint underdrawing or pentimento in the sky suggesting more buidlings were considered for inclusion in the skyline.
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