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For Sale Museum Quality painting FS

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  1. NYC Fred

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    Fred C
    My decorator (to whom I've been married for 30+ years) has informed me that decor/artwork that worked perfectly in NYC is unsuitable for Florida.
    Meet (as we call him) "The Old Guy". We bought him at an estate sale in Alpine NJ in the mid/late 1990s.
    Artist is Margaret Fitzhugh Browne
    You can find her here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fitzhugh_Browne

    At one point, the piece was part of the Coggins Collection.
    Info on that here:


    The Morris Museum of Art Permanent Collection
    The Morris Museum’s permanent collection was established in 1989 with the purchase of 230 paintings from Dr. Robert Powell Coggins, a pioneering collector of Southern art...

    https://www.themorris.org/collection/
    And

    https://www.themorris.org/library/library-collection-and-services/coggins-photo-guide/

    Anyway, he's been languishing in a dark, air conditioned closet for a year or so, and I like him too much to let this continue.

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    Provenance + artist all check out.
    For sale : $9000.
    Will pay Packing/ shipping CONUS; all other destinations TBD.
    Genuine offers will be considered.
    Thanks.

    (The craft paper on the back of the artwork containing the Coggins Collection label is torn and needs to be replaced)
     
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