John Fulton Folinsbee

(American, 1892-1972)

Autumn River, c. 1960s

oil on board

signed John Folinsbee (lower right); also inscribed with title (on the reverse)

16 x 20 in.

Provenance:

The Artist.

Private Collection, Maine, by gift of the Artist.

Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine.

Gratz Gallery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Private Collection, New Jersey.

Literature:

Accessible on the Artist's online Catalogue Raisonné at https://www.johnfolinsbee.org, no. JFF.980.

Framed: 24 x 27 x 1 in.

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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists

Autumn River, c. 1960s

American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists

Autumn River, c. 1960s

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