Sale 2456 - African-American Fine Art, October 5, 2017

1 c EDWARD M. BANNISTER (1828 - 1901) Untitled (Rhode Island Coastal Scene) . Oil on linen canvas, circa 1885-89. 305x508 mm; 12x20 inches. Provenance: private collection, Rhode Island. This maritime landscape is an attractive view of the Rhode Island coast where Edward M. Bannister often sketched and painted en plein air .The rocks and distant landscape along the horizon appear to be very similar to a view from Newport’s cliff walk.