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MILNE RAMSEY- Champagne and Apples

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MILNE RAMSEY- Champagne and Apples
<B>MILNE RAMSEY</B></I> (American 1847-1915)<BR><I>Champagne And Apples,</B></I> 1880<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>21 x14-1/2 inches (53.3 x 36.8 cm)<BR>Signed lower right: <I>Milne Ramsey/ Paris 1.80</B></I><BR><BR>Exhibition: <BR><I>The Apple of America - The Apple in Nineteenth Century Amercian Art,</B></I> May 6 - June 8, 1993, Berry Hill Galleries (New York)<BR><BR>Literature:<BR>Bruce Weber, <I>The Apple of America: The Apple in 19th Century American Art</B></I> (New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1993) pp. 15, 27, pl. 17 (reproduced) <BR><BR>Ramsey studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1863 to 1867, before traveling to Paris and entering the atelier of Leon Bonnat. While in Paris, Ramsey painted a number of still lifes featuring apples paired with champagne, and established a reputation as a painter of floral, fruit, and kitchen still lifes. <BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Normal signs of wear as appropriate with age; on a reinforced canvas with old areas of strengthening to the apples and reflective surfaces; minor scattered strengthening; three tiny paint flecks lost; probably revarnished; with craquelure and strong colors.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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