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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
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- Sale 2780
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Dec 3 | 2:00 PM EST
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| Philadelphia
Sale 2780
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$50,000 – $80,000
Fern Coppedge settled in Bucks County in 1920 and, for the next 30 years, trained her eye on the region’s picturesque hamlets and idyllic landscapes—many of them nestled under a blanket of downy snow. Winter Village, New Hope features hallmarks of the artist’s appealing, if idiosyncratic, style from the early 1930s: the bold palette becomes less naturalistic as the eye follows the icy-blue Delaware Canal winding gently between the pink, orange, and turquoise houses. A figure, so often absent from Coppedge’s work, instills the warmth of humanity, and of community, in an otherwise frigid landscape.
The Artist.
A (wedding) gift from the above.
Collection of Margaret Effa Kuns, the Artist's sister, Kansas.
By descent in the Artist's family.
Private Collection, Colorado.
The unlined canvas in overall good condition, with a faint upper stretcher bar mark running alongside the top ⅓ of the canvas. Examination under UV light reveals faint inpainting at upper left (along the top outer edge of the canvas) and upper right (in the corner). Minor inpainted specks (likely old flakes) across the top tree at upper center and a few highlights along the faraway hill at upper center right. See Specialist's pictures for more details.
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