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FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
Lot 217 PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTION

FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)

Long Branch Beach

Closed18 January 2024

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FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
Long Branch Beach
signed and dated 'F.A. Silva. 71.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 x 24 in. (30.5 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1871.

Private collection, New York.
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, 11 April 2005, lot 8, sold by the above.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Godel & Co. Fine Art, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2005.

Specialist note

While the present work has been previously exhibited as Long Branch Beach, the background’s resemblance to the Twin Lights of Thacher Island suggests that it may instead portray these lighthouses located off the coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, a region that Silva painted throughout 1871.