DuMouchelles
Live Auction

The George & Penny Simon collection, Fine Art & Antiques

Sun, May 7, 2017 12:00PM EDT - Mon, May 8, 2017 12:00PM EDT
Lot 2022

T.V. CHOMINSKI OIL ON CANVAS EARLY 20TH C.

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$400 $50
$900 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$150,000 $10,000
T.V. CHOMINSKI, OIL ON CANVAS, EARLY 20TH C., H 26", L 36" "CONSULTATION AT WASHINGTON":Titled "The Naval Strategy Board in consultation at Washington". Naval board: Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan; Captain A. S. Crowninshield; Secretary of the Navy: John Davis Long; Rear-Admiral Montgomery Sicard. Signed lower right and framed.

Condition

This canvas has been relined. There is a 5" long repair by the gentleman's arm on the right-hand side. There are various areas of overpainting on the canvas. There is a scratch to the paint on the lower right-hand side. (Nicely done. Additional condition info as viewed under UV light in the unopened frame: damage and probable restoration to the far right officer's left arm - there is also a 4 3/4" long crescent shape tear there as well; 7/8" scratch in LL; 1/2" tear at bottom lower right; 3/4" light scrape near the top of the UR; lined; original stretchers; period wood frame.)