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NOT SOLD, auction date was 2002 Dec 03 @ 11:00UTC-8 : PST
Property of a Gentleman
FELIX OCTAVIUS CARR DARLEY
(1822-1888)
The Oak Openings
signed "F.O.C. Darley fecit"
with inscription of a passage from "The Oak Openings" in pencil below the mat (lower left)
brush and ink wash over pencil on paper
18 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (47 x 36.8 cm) (sheet size), in a painted oval Estimate: $4,000-6,000 According to Elliot Bostwick Davis, "W.A. Townsend and Company of New York City commissioned [Darley] to produce illustrations for James Fenimore Cooper's complete works, which were published between 1859 and 1861."1 This drawing became the subject of one of the 184 engravings for "The Cooper Vignettes." Notes 1 Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat, "Art in the Empire City," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 222-223.
Auction Location:
United States
Previewing Details:
Viewing at West 57 Street
Saturday November 23 -
Monday December 2
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