Fine Paintings & Sculpture

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Elihu Vedder (American, 1836-1923)

Poetess Casting her Verses to the Winds, c. 1880

Initialed or inscribed “V.” l.r., titled and signed “...E. Vedder” on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (15.8 x 22.2 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, subtle varnish inconsistencies.

Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Frank J. Dutcher (1850-1930) of Hopedale, Massachusetts;

by family descent to his son, Warren W. Dutcher, Jr., Hopedale, Massachusetts; by family descent,

Massachusetts.

Literature: Elihu Vedder, “Appendix: A List of the Works of V. Sold Since the Year 1856,” The

Digressions of V: Written for his Own Fun and That of His Friends (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910), p.

481.

Exhibitions: Williams and Everett Gallery, Boston, 1880.

$2,000-3,000

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