Alexander Helwig Wyant (American, 1836-1892)

Coastal View
Signed "AH Wyant" l.r., identified on a label from Godel & Company Fine Art, New York, and on an exhibition label (see below), both affixed to the frame backing.
Watercolor on paper mounted to cardboard, 7 x 12 in. (17.5 x 30.5 cm), in a period frame.
Condition: Pale toning, which is slightly more evident at the edges of the sheet, graphite line applied along the top edge.

Exhibitions: 1996 Collector's Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 6, 1996-January 5, 1997, as catalog no. 198.

Provenance: Payne Collection, Maine, by gift to an employee; to Barridoff Auction, Portland, Maine, 1991; to A.E. Battelle, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1991-2006; through to Shannon Fine Art Auctioneers, 2006; to Godel & Co. Inc., New York, 2009; to the current owner.

N.B. The watercolor is listed on The Wyant Website as Ref. 140.018 with the suggested date range of 1868-1872.

Condition: Framed dimensions are 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches.
Frame with a label from E.C. Babcock, Successor to Snedecor Art Galleries, New York.

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