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Sat, Jul 8, 2023 10:00AM EDT
Lot 63

William Lester Stevens (1888 - 1969) Summer Farmyard, Conway Massachusetts

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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Oil on canvas, signed lower right “W. Lester Stevens N.A”, 25” x 30”, c. 1940. Old Farm in Summer, Conway Mass, where the artist lived. Areas of heavy impasto and bright colors. “Born in Rockport, Massachusetts, impressionist painter William Stevens lived and worked in the area for many years. In the later part of his life, he moved to Conway, Massachusetts. His first art study was with Parker Perkins, and then he attended the Boston Museum School as a student of Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, Philip Hale and William Paxton. He taught at Princeton and Boston Universities, and by 1964 had won more awards than any other living artist."

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From the New England Art Exchange, Peterborough, NH. There is no reserve on this lot that exceeds the opening bid; this lot will sell at the opening bid if no other bids are received.