Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935) Lived/Active: New York and Pennsylvania

West Seneca, near Buffalo, N.Y. (inscribed verso)
Signed (l.r.): L. W. Prentice
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”, 15 ¾” x 18 ¾” (frame)
Over-all in fine condition, a few careful touches of in-painting in the sky and lower right corner.
Provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts.
Born in Lewis County, New York where he was raised on a farm, Prentice began his career as a self-taught artist, painting landscapes, although he became known for his still-life images of fruit growing on trees or spilling out of baskets. Prentice placed emphasis on dark outlining with a concern for textual precision, creating dramatic contrasts.

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