DAY 2 | VICTORIAN & ESTATE ANTIQUES AUCTION | JANUARY 25TH, 2024
Thu, Jan 25, 2024 09:30PM EST
Live Auction
Lot 402
JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY "SYLVIA" ETCHING
Sold for
$35
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $5 |
| $50 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $5,000 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $500 |
Etching portrait titled "Sylvia" by listed artist, J. Wells Champney (NY, MA, 1843-1903), signed lower left. Art measures 18.5" h x 15" w on paper measuring 33" x 30". Congressional stamp "28645 U", dated Sept. 21, 1889.
Condition
wear to the border, wear consistent with age.
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Champney’s work has been exhibited at the Columbia Exhibition in Chicago (1893, 1898), The Tennessee Centennial Exposition, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Pennsulvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston & the Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, MA. He was elected into the National Academy of Design & was a member if the Salmagundi Art club. In 1880 he & his wife secured a contract to illustrate a series of articles for Century Magazine. For this endeavour the pair embarked on travel to North Africa, Spain and Portugal, visiting localities such as Tangier and Tetouan in Morocco, that had not been covered by any of the illustrated magazines at that time.