CLIFFORD WARREN ASHLEY
Massachusetts, 1881-1947
Portrait of the barque Wanderer under full sail. Executed in nicely contrasting colors. Signed lower right ìCW Ashleyî. Marked verso ì288î. Housed in an Art Nouveau-style frame carved by Ashley. Additional information about this lot may be found on the Hellman Collection website, number REH634.
Oil on canvas, 25î x 30î. Framed 30î x 35î.
Provenance:
The Collection of Bob and Nina Hellman, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Notes:
The Wanderer was a whaling barque out of New Bedford and was one of the last of the whaling era. It wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island in 1924.

One old non-professional repair in the left side of the sky. Two or three other small paint restorations visible under UV light. The absence of a condition report does not imply an object is free of defects. All items may have normal signs of age and wear commensurate with their
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