Image Lot Price Description

2151
$6,325.00

EARL CUNNINGHAM (American, 1893-1977)”MOCK UP 1977 ST AUGUSTINE FLA”. Oil on paper laid on corrugated cardboard harbor scene shows a large orange, yellow and red building at the end of a peninsula with three figures, two of which are fishing. A large black and red hulled three masted schooner is docked beside. A teeny sailboat sails next to it with three swimming ducks. The peninsula has several trees and large fern grass. An island is seen in an expansive yellow ocean with two ships on the horizon having white sails. An orange, red and yellow sky supports three red birds and five white birds. The island having four triangular-topped trees, each of which has one branch supporting a white bird. There are two large standing birds at edge of island. The right side with large white schooner with three masts and full sail, sails toward two triangular-topped trees with white birds, below which is a depiction of a small peninsula with house, trees, figure, dock, wagon and boat. Signed lower left, “Earl Cunningham, 1977, Mock Up”. Housed in a modern black shadow-box type frame with glass front and Lucite back showing title in pencil and also “By Earl Cunningham”. SIZE: (sight) 15″h x 35-1/4″w. PROVENANCE: Recently found in a New England home. CONDITION: Generally very good with a 1″ corner loss to left bottom corner. 9-93105 (8,000-12,000)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2008
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