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Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A.

Flickerin’ Gold - The Forest Queen

Live auction begins on:

February 5, 07:30 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Bid

35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Montague Dawson

British 1890 - 1973

Flickerin’ Gold - The Forest Queen


signed lower left: Montague Dawson; titled and inscribed on the reverse: 593 tons, built 1858

oil on canvas

canvas: 23 ⅛ by 36 ⅛ in.; 58.8 by 91.8 cm

framed: 32 ⅛ by 44 ¼ in.; 81.6 by 112.4 cm

Executed in 1952.

With Frost & Reed Ltd., London (no. 13091)

With Stair-Murdock Fine Arts, Ltd., New York

With Continental Galleries of Fine Art, Montreal

Sotheby's, New York, 30 October 1980, lot 103

Michael L. Wilkie, Chicago

Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner

The clipper ship "Forest Queen" of Boston was built in Rockland, Maine and weighed 593 tons.