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Elliott Daingerfield painting

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(New York/North Carolina, 1859-1932), "The Drover", signed lower right "Elliott Daingerfield/95", oil on canvas, remnant of old label verso "Wm. S. Budworth & Son", 36 x 29-7/8 in.; gilt wood and composition cove molding frame. Lined, some flattening of surface retouch in clothing of drover, left edge, right middle edge affecting less than 10 percent of surface; frame with wear to gilt. Provenance: Mrs. (Marione Cushman) Haley Fiske; Haley Fiske was president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1919-1929. Exhibited: "Memorial Exhibition paintings, watercolors and drawings by Elliott Daingerfield, N.A." The Fifth Avenue Galleries of the Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, April 3-21, 1934, #7 (photocopy accompanies lot). Established in 1819, "The Drover's Road" passed through Asheville, North Carolina, connecting Charleston, South Carolina, and Greeneville, Tennessee. The improved roads gave Western North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky access for their goods and livestock in the deep south. This painting possibly depicts a drover on this road which became the catalyst for much of Asheville's prosperity. Reserve: $12,000

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