Sydney Laurence (1865-1940)
Mount McKinley, Alaska
signed 'Sydney Laurence' (lower left) and signed again, titled, dated and inscribed '1924 / Anchorage, Alaska' on a paper label (affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
15 x 20 in.
framed 21 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Estate of Mr. William Carson, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Mr. Charles T. Sewards, purchased from the above, 1961.
Thence by family descent to a private collection.
Christie's, Los Angeles, May 2, 2001, lot 90.
The Kinsella Library Collection, La Jolla, California.
Bonhams, Los Angeles, April 11, 2017, lot 145.
Property from a Private Bel Air Estate, acquired from the above.

The painting is unlined and retains the original stretcher bars. Minor frame abrasion. Under UV light examination, scattered spots of retouch throughout the lighter pigments. Surface is stable. No further condition issues to report.

In a period bronze gilt carved frame.