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BENJAMIN OSRO EGGLESTON (1867-1937)

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BENJAMIN OSRO EGGLESTON (1867-1937)
<B>BENJAMIN OSRO EGGLESTON (1867-1937)</B></I><BR>Old Lyme, Connecticut, c. 1910<BR>Oil on masonite<BR>12in. x 14in.<BR>Estate stamp on verso<BR>Inscribed on verso: Painted by/ Benjamin Eggleston/ 1867-1937<BR><BR>Provenance: the artist's estate, [Christies 14 March 1995, sale # 7683 lot 113]<BR><BR>Exhibited: Old Lyme Art Association, 75th Anniversary Exhibition, <I>In Retrospect: Selected Works by Lyme Artists</B></I><BR><BR>Benjamin Osro Eggleston was born in Belvedere, Minnesota and studied art at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts under Douglas Volk. He also traveled to Paris where he completed additional studies. Upon his return he established a studio in Brooklyn from which he worked and traveled. From 1900 to 1920 he summered at the Old Lyme Art Colony and in the 1930s he spent his time in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was a Member of the Salmagundi Club, Brooklyn Society of Artists, All American Artists and was President of the Brooklyn Art Club. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy, Boston Art Club, Paris Salons, the Carnegie Institute, Brooklyn Art Association and among other venues. His work is housed in the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Newark Museum. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 25% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid. <BR><BR><B>IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RESERVES:</B> Heritage now divulges all reserves on its web site 7 days before every auction. If you want to know whether the reserve on this lot has been met, and if not, what the reserve amount is, please visit this lot page on the HeritageCoin.com web site, or email: bid@HeritageGalleries.com </span></font>