Description
Oil by William Matthew Prior
Lot 89: Oil by William Matthew Prior
$4,080.00
Lot 89: Oil by William Matthew Prior
$4,080.00
Estimate: $2,000 – $4,000
19th c. oil on board, portrait of a young man, signed on back “Wm. M. Prior, Oct 26, 1847″ (American, 1806-1873), blue eyes and brown hair and beard, white shirt and collar with black coat, mahogany veneered frame appears original, sold at Sotheby’s auction Oct. 18, 1986, lot 434, and exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, The Fertig Folk Art Collection, 15 1/2″ x 11 3/4″ (sight), 22″ x 18 1/4” (frame); (ex. Fertig collection).
