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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
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- Sale 2780
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| Philadelphia
Dec 3 | 2:00 PM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 2780
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$6,000 – $10,000
The present work was awarded the Hans Hinrich Prize, AAA in 1942.
A significant proportion of the work of Emma Fordyce MacRae was produced on Cape Ann, where the artist sojourned with her family, in a house that would become hers when her father passed in 1925. As Karen E. Quinn states, however: "Unlike most artists who were drawn to Gloucester or Rockport for the season, her connection to the Cape was first forged by her family ties and may even predate her aspirations to be a professional painter." Yet, MacRae largely partook in the art scene, and often mixed with fellow women artists Fern Coppedge, Cecilia Beaux, and Theresa Bernstein, as well as John Sloan, Max Kuehne, Harry Leith-Ross, and Antony Thieme. She painted alone, and further distanced herself from her friends by painting a side of the peninsula that was largely overlooked along Ipswich Bay, such as Laneville, the location depicted here.
Proceeds from the sale of this painting will go directly to Alzheimer's Research UK, Britain's leading dementia research charity, to fund further research into Alzheimer's and dementia-related diseases.
The Artist.
The Estate of the Artist.
By descent in the Artist's family.
Private Collection, United Kingdom.
In excellent original condition with no sign of inpainting as seen under UV light. Please note the apparent losses are in fact part of the artist's working method.
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