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William Samuel Parrott
(1843-1915)
Shoshone Falls (Snake River, Idaho) 42 x 60 1/2in overall: 60 x 77in

7 August 2018, 18:00 PDT
Los Angeles and San Francisco

Sold for US$18,750 inc. premium

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William Samuel Parrott (1843-1915)

Shoshone Falls (Snake River, Idaho)
signed 'W.S. Parrott' (lower right), titled on a later label (affixed to the frame)
oil on canvas
42 x 60 1/2in
overall: 60 x 77in
Painted circa 1880

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1919.
Sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Exhibited
East Oakland, The Home Club, Loan Collection of Pictures, no. 23, n.d. [1904-1919].
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Frontier: Images and Myths, June 26 - September 16, 1973.

Literature
"The American Frontier: Images and Myths," The Connoisseur, vol. 184, 1973, p. 132, fig. 3, illustrated.
Patricia Hills, The American Frontier: Images and Myths, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1973, no. 50, p. 61.
Ellen Halteman Schwartz, Northern California Art Exhibition Catalogues (1878-1915): A Descriptive Checklist & Index, La Jolla, 1990, p. 15, 92.

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