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

Creator: Levi Wells Prentice
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
West Seneca, near Buffalo, N.Y. (inscribed verso)
Signed (l.r.): LW Prentice
Oil on canvas, 9” x 12”
Over-all in fine condition, a few careful touches of inpainting in the sky and lower right corner.

Provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston, MA.

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. Prentice placed emphasis on dark outlining with a concern for textual precision, creating dramatic contrasts.

Item ID: WoA-AMP-OC 755

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil on canvas
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Color, Hudson River School
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 755
Incollect Reference #:	836083

Dimensions

W.	12 in;	H.	9 in;
W.	30.48 cm;	H.	22.86 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.