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Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935) Lived/Active; New York, Pennsylvania

Creator: Levi Wells Prentice
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935) Lived/Active; New York, Pennsylvania
Still Life of Raspberries.
Signed (l.r.): L.W. Prentice.
Oil on canvas.
6” x 8”, 12” x 14” with frame.
Excellent condition, housed in a custom 19th c. style gilt frame.
Provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut; Purchased from Gerald Peters Gallery, 1996.
An exceptional, crisp, tightly painted small still life of raspberries spilling out of a basket. Prentice has revealed his clarity and precision in this composition.
Born in Lewis County, New York where he was raised on a farm, Prentice began his career as a self-taught artist painting landscapes, although he became known for his still life images of fruit growing on trees or falling out of baskets.

Item ID: WoA-AMP-OC 740

Price: $8500

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil on canvas
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Realism, Color
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 740
Incollect Reference #:	791900

Dimensions

W.	14 in;	H.	12 in;
W.	35.56 cm;	H.	30.48 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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