$150,000
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Fine American & European Paintings
Auction: June 27, 2004 3:00:00 PM EDT
THOMAS HILL
(American 1829-1908)
"YOSEMITE VALLEY"
signed "T. Hill" bottom right, oil on canvas
34 1/4 x 25 in. (86.9 x 63.5 cm.)
Sold, 06/27/04 - $168,750
PROVENANCE:
A Deceased Estate, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
NOTE:
This lot includes a related pen and ink sketch by the artist identifying the peaks in the painting together with two letters from the artist to the purchaser each dated "1886" (one describing a studio fire) and the artist's business card.