Edward B. Gay

Edward B Gay (1837-1928) Description: ''A View in Connecticut'', man fishing in a punt, signed and dated lower right: Edward Gay. 1860, oil on canvas laid to panel, 20.5'' H x 27.5'' W, est: $1500/2000. Condition Report: Visual: Stable craquelure and crazing throughout. An isolated area of paint shrinkage in the center of the tree group. A spot of loss along the upper left edge. Discolored varnish. Tacking edges removed when laid down to panel. Blacklight: A nickel-sized spot of touch-up in the upper right. Some scattered crack-fill in the sky and in the lower left quadrant. Property from a Living Trust, Beverly Hills, CA 20.5'' H x 27.5'' W Edward B. Gay N.A. (1837-1928 Mount Vernon, NY) oil on canvas laid to panel

Lot 69 Edward B. Gay American, 1837-1928 Bronx Park Botanical Garden , 1903 Signed Edward Gay and dated 1903 (lr); inscribed Bronx/Botany/Gardens/"Zanadu" on the reverse Oil on canvas 33 x 43 3/8 inches Exhibited: The National Academy of Design, 1904 C Estimate $4,000-6,000 Frame rubbing. Scattered craquelure. There is no visible restoration under UV light. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Lot 322 Edward B. Gay American, 1837-1928 Bronx Park Botanical Garden , 1903 Signed Edward Gay and dated 1903 (lr); inscribed Bronx/Botany/Gardens/"Zanadu" on the reverse Oil on canvas 33 x 43 3/8 inches Exhibited: The National Academy of Design, 1904 C Estimate $8,000-12,000 Frame rubbing. Scattered craquelure. There is no visible restoration under UV light. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Lot 1067 Edward B. Gay American, 1837-1928 River Landscape at Sunset Signed Edward Gay (ll) Oil on panel 17 3/8 x 13 1/4 inches C Sold to Benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation Estimate $1,000-2,000 Surface grime. Frame rubbing. There are three vertical cracks along the upper edge, the largest being 2 inches. There are four vertical cracks in the lower edge, the largest being 1 1/2 inches. There is possibly some inpaint in the trees and the bank at the right of the river. Dense varnish, unable to dectect further restoration under UV light. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Lot 328 Edward Gay American, 1837-1928 Where Sea and Meadow Meet , 1885 Signed Edward Gay and dated 1885 (lr) Oil on canvas 47 3/4 x 71 3/4 inches Exhibited: New York, National Academy of Design, 1886, no. 454 Provenance: Sotheby's Arcade, New York, Jan. 24, 1989, lot 62 (as Fishermen at Shoreline ) Private collection, New York (1989) C Estimate $12,000-18,000 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.