"New Snow", 1943

ERNEST FIENE

American, 1894-1965

"New Snow", 1943

oil on canvas
signed lower right "E. Fiene"
26 x 36 in. (66 x 91.4 cm.), Frame: 35 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 45 1/2 in. (90.2 x 5.7 x 115.6 cm.)

Associated American Artist, New York, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (acc. no. 43.159.3); Christie's, New York, New York, September 27, 1990, lot 262; Private Collection, Connecticut Notes: This composition was published by Associated American Artists and Ernest Fiene as a lithograph in an edition of 250 pencil signed lithograph prints, and awarded 'First Purchase Prize' by the Library of Congress in 1946. The church represented in this painting is located in Easton, Connecticut.

Tags: 20th century, oil painting, listed artist, winterscape

Condition: in good to fair overall condition; lined canvas; scattered restoration visible under UV; additional UV photos available upon request

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