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Lot 21
Stephen Alonzo Schoff (American, 1818-1904); after William Morris Hunt (American, 1824-1879)
Estimate: $500 - $800
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The Bathers, 1882.
Etching on laid paper. Framed.
Signed in graphite on the bottom right, "S. Alonzo Schoff"; Blind stamped by William M. Hunt on the bottom left; Signature dating the original painting in the plate, "WMH 1877".
A signed etching of William M. Hunt's famous painting The Bathers, depicting two nude, young men wading along a riverbank. This etching from a large copper plate was made by Stephen A. Schoff, a close friend of Hunt's who created many plates of Hunt's works now held within the Schoff Collection at the National Museum of American History.
Sight: 22 15/16 x 15 3/8 in. (58.2 x 39 cm.)
Frame: 32 3/4 x 24 13/16 in. (83.2 x 63 cm.)
Condition
Graphite signature shows some loss in opacity consistent with age.
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Property of a Private Massachusetts Collection.