Original oil painting signed Eakins 1887.
27 September 2020
Description

Original oil painting signed Eakins 1887. Title: Gertrude Provenance: Painting was acquired for $3,500 from a private estate sale 2014. The estate caught fire and the remaining items had to be sold. The painting originally had smoke and ash visible, with smell of fire. Please see photo of reverse side for details (no damage to the front). Size: Height 25.5 inch; Length 22.5 inch; Depth 1.75 inch. Painting has been professionally stored and always handled with white gloves (painting is still in original condition from 2014, never restored or tampered with). The canvas has some visible signs of cracking due to age but overall, decent. The painting has never been professionally authenticated and being sold as is (attributed to or in the manner of Thomas Eakins).

Provenance

Private estate sale 2014.

Acquired from
Other
For sale
Yes
Answered within about 3 hours
By Delia
Sep 27, 22:01 UTC
Fair Market Value
$800 - $1,200 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Bobby,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
I have handled (researched, sold, appraised) American art for 20+ years, including some works that had been authenticated to have been by Eakins and in my opinion, this is not by him.

Assuming that this is "manner of" Eakins, it would be catalogued as follows:
Manner of Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins (American, 1844-1916)
"Gertrude" (Portrait of a Lady), dated 1884
oil on canvas
'signed' EAKINS upper right
25 1/2 by 22 1/2 inches
CONDITION: smoke damage, with some cracking visible
PROVENANCE: acquired from an estate sale in 2014
$800-1,200*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price.

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-Delia

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