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Alexander Cozens
approximately 1717-1786
Fishing Boats in a Bay Below Cliffs
early 1760s
Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with gum arabic glaze, over graphite on wove paper.
19 3/16 x 25 5/8 inches (486 x 650 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.43
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Watermark: none.
Provenance:
Private collection; sale, London, Sotheby's, 15 March 1990, lot 39; Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names:
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 61, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 41.
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