Live Auction 18432American Art
Walter Elmer Schofield (1867-1944)
Lot 139 Property Sold to Benefit The Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico

Walter Elmer Schofield (1867-1944)

Summer Afternoon

Closed28 October 2020

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USD 30,000

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Walter Elmer Schofield (1867-1944)
Summer Afternoon
signed 'Schofield' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 40 in. (91.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1923.

Grand Central Art Galleries, New York.
Private collection, Rockport, Maine.
Christie's, New York, 23 May 1990, lot 192, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The present work depicts Chebeague Island, Maine, located in Casco Bay near Portland. Walter Elmer Schofield rented a cottage on the island with his family at various times during his career and painted several similar views of the rugged coastline.