Live Auction 19846American Art
SAMUEL S. CARR (1837-1908)
Lot 273 Framing the Figure: Property from an Important Private Collection

SAMUEL S. CARR (1837-1908)

Westward Ho for New York

Closed18 May 2021

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USD 22,500

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SAMUEL S. CARR (1837-1908)
Westward Ho for New York
signed 'S.S. Carr' (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)

Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1993, lot 17.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note


Samuel S. Carr emigrated from England to the United States via New York in 1863, and it is possible that the present work depicts the start of the artist's journey with his sister and her children.