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De Cost Smith (1864 – 1939)
The Signal (1905)
oil on canvas
36 × 30 inches
signed and dated lower right

VERSO
Label, “‘The Signal’ by DeCost Smith Property of William D. Sawtell”

PROVENANCE
The Artist
Clement Sawtell, Lincoln, MA, 1939 (Smith’s nephew)
Andrew De Cost Butler, Somerville, MA, by descent

154

De Cost Smith

1864 – 1939

The Signal (1905)
oil on canvas
36 × 30 inches
signed and dated lower right
Sold at Auction: $55,575
Condition ReportSurface condition good, several hairline cracks throughout. Multiple specks of inpainting in the sky. Painting has been lined.

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