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Lot 5
Sale 6352 - American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Jun 8, 2025
1:00PM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$6,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$12,160
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Lot Description
Benjamin West
Property from a Private East Coast Collection
(American, 1738-1820)
Adam and the Serpent
pen and ink on paper
inscribed An Ideal Sketch / Adam, horror-stricken at seeing the cause of his Transgression / is compelled to follow the Old Serpent, who with elated pride / and a Satanic leer, shows him the way out of Paradise. / Benjn. West (lower center)
Adam and the Serpent: 20 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.; inscription: 6 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.
Property from a Private East Coast Collection