Sydney Laurence (1865-1940)
Skiff in an Alaskan Landscape
signed 'Sydney Laurence' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in.
framed 23 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.
Painted circa early 1920s.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, Juneau, Alaska and Los Angeles, California, likely acquired in trade directly from the artist, circa early 1920s.
By family descent.

The canvas is wax lined and the stretcher bars are replaced. Under UV examination, scattered retouch throughout the sky and white's of the mountains. A quarter sized spot of retouch between the tips of the shorter trees center right edge. Additional retouch along the lower center edge - in the reflection of the lake.

In a wood molded frame with linen liner and gilt filet.