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De Cost Smith (1864 – 1939)
The Captive (1891)
oil on canvas
30 × 46 inches
38 × 54 × 2 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right

VERSO
Label, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PROVENANCE
The artist
Elizabeth Celestia Sawtell, Amenia, New York (the artist’s niece)
Present owners, by descent

EXHIBITED
62nd Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1892

61

De Cost Smith

1864 – 1939

The Captive (1891)
oil on canvas
30 × 46 inches
38 × 54 × 2 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right
Sold at Auction: $45,375
Condition ReportSurface is in good condition with hairline cracks. Two patches on verso. Spot of inpainting in the upper-left corner, corresponding with the round patch on verso.

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