American, 1853-1897
Coastal Scene, circa 1893
Signed Wm L. Picknell (ll)
Oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 38 inches (75.6 x 96.5 cm)

Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 17, 1977, lot 514
Private collection, Darien, CT
Taggart & Jorgensen Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Private collection, Washington, D.C.

Exhibited:
Washington, D.C., Taggart & Jorgensen Gallery, William Lamb Picknell, 1853-1897, Nov. 7 - Dec. 7, 1991, ills. pp. 59, no. 21.

This piece was likely painted on the coast of Normandy, or near Grandcamp les Bain, during Picknell's stay there in 1893.

(Framed 42 1/2 x 50 1/2 inches)

Wax relined; there is inpainting along a repaired 4-inch tear just below the horizon at the center right; a few scattered touches of careful inpainting in the sky.

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