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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Landscape with Sailboats on a Lake
Pen and brown ink, watercolor in shades of gray, yellow, and green, on paper.
10 1/16 x 14 5/16 inches (256 x 363 mm)
Gift of Jacob M. Kaplan.
1981.14
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Watermark: fleur-de-lis within a shield (similar to Heawood 1857).
Provenance:
Mrs. P. Howard, a descendant of the artist; sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 March 1979, lot 21, repr.; Mrs. Alice M. Kaplan, New York.
Associated names:
Kaplan, Jacob M., former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 314.
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