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LOUIS RITTER
Still Life with Roses
.
Oil on canvas, 1890. 310x440 mm; 12x17 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right recto.
A member of the artists’ group known as the “Duveneck Boys,” Cincinnati-born Ritter
(1854-1892) studied under Frank Duveneck in Munich and Italy from 1878 to 1881
before becoming a teacher himself in Boston only a few years later. Best known for his
coastal scenes and landscapes of both Europe and New England, his oeuvre also includes
still lifes and portraits. His work is in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum
and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
[2,500/3,500]
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ANNE ESTELLE RICE
Roses
.
Oil on artist’s board. 320x410 mm; 12
1
/
2
x16
1
/
4
inches. Signed and titled in black ink, verso.
With a Paris American Art Company, 125 Boulevard Montparnasse and 2 Rue Bonaparte,
Paris, ink stamp, verso.
[6,000/9,000]
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ANNE ESTELLE RICE
Morning
.
Oil on artist’s board, 1914. 410x320 mm; 16x12
1
/
2
inches. Signed, titled and dated in black
ink, verso.
[7,000/10,000]
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