LUTHER EMERSON VAN GORDER 1889 OIL PAINTING VICTORIAN GIRL MAKING MORNING OMELET WITH ONLOOKING CAT "SUNSHINE"

Luther Emerson Van Gorder
American, 1861-1931
Sun Dappled Genre: Sunshine

Signed: L E Van Gorder - 89 (ll)
Oil on Canvas
12 x 14 inches (artwork)
Condition Report: Overall very good to excellent condition; unlined canvas; very minor inpainting along the top edge. Otherwise displays beautifully!

LOT NOTE(S): (Signed in artist hand on period paper placard ? in black scripted pigment).

Title ? 'Sunshine'
Artist & Owner ? L E Van Gorder
579 Broadway N.Y.

Label affixed to reverse: DOLL & RICHARDS, INC 140 Newbury Street, Boston Mass.

FWIW: Housed in its original 19th century hand carved gilt wooden 'Adirondack style' frame.

COMPARABLE: For a similar quality example see: Shannon?s Fine Art Auctioneers, 4/26/2001; Lot: 119 with a presale estimate of $3,000 ? 5,000 USD ? SOLD: $11,500 USD

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from the estate of Mr. Austin Hymann of Colorado Springs, CO thence by descent.

Overall very good to excellent condition; unlined canvas; very minor inpainting along the top edge. Otherwise displays beautifully!