Lot 260: Helena Sturtevant (American 1872-1946)
Helena Sturtevant (American 1872-1946)
“The Side Yard, Late Afternoon”, 1929
Oil on canvas
A luminous domestic landscape depicting a white clapboard house set amid flowering trees and fresh spring foliage, animated by dappled sunlight across lawn and façade. The composition is rendered in a bright Impressionist palette, balancing cool blues and greens with warm pinks and ochres. The brushwork is lively with moderate impasto used to convey light, foliage, and movement, while maintaining clear structural forms.
Signed and dated lower right Helena Sturtevant 1929
20 1/4″ x 24 1/2″ sight, 28″ x 32″ frame
Provenance: Bonhams Skinner, Boston, 5/15/2009, Lot 191A
The Gallery at Juniper Hill, Trumansburg, New York.
Exhibited:The Gallery at Juniper Hill, Fine American Impressionist Paintings from the Early 20th Century.
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Estimate: $800- $1200
Auction Date: March 5, 2026
