Niagara Falls


Name:              Niagara Falls
Artist:            Robert W Weir
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Year:               (earliest: 1853 latest: 1858)
Format:            Oil on canvas
Size:              50.5x38
Signed?            R. W. Weir/53, lower right
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Website ID:        NIAG1
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Provenance:        The Horsley Collection. R. M. Olyphant, Esq. (New York) (Tuckerman 1871)
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Auction Estimate:  $80,000
Auction Year:      1990
Exhibited?         
NAD?               
Tuckerman?         Yes
Irene Weir Book?   
William Gerts?     
Ahrens Plate/Page?  
References:        Buffalo, Albright Knox Gallery, 'Three Centuries of Niagara Falls' (May-Sept. 1964), p. 35, no. 56. Yonkers, Hudson River Museum, 19th Century American Paintings from Private Collections (Sept.-Nov. 1974), no. 37.
Notes:             Gerdts says 1853; 1990 auction 'dated 5*', 1992 auction says 1858.
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Score:             3/10
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