FRANK W. BENSON 1862-1951
46 Frank W. Benson (1862-1951)
Redheads in Flight, 1916 signed and dated “F.W. Benson ‘16” lower right oil on canvas, 36 1/4 by 45 in.
Redheads in Flight was acquired by Mr. Allen, who purchased Benson’s summer home, Wooster Farm in North Haven, Maine in 2013. Allen’s grandfather, Frederick Warren Allen, was an assistant to sculptor Bela Pratt and first came to North Haven in 1913. Allen now keeps Wooster Farm as “an open, living museum...a living and breathing tribute to Frank Benson.” PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Boxford, Massachusetts,
until 1970 Vose Galleries of Boston, inventory no. 23231 Private Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970 Private Collection, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Private Collection, California Peter Allen Collection, acquired from Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, MA, July 25-26, 2014, lot 398
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LITERATURE: Stephen B. O’Brien Jr. and Chelsie W. Olney, Elmer Crowell: Father of American Bird Carving, Hingham, MA, 2019, p. 71, illustrated. Debra Spark, “Dreamy Days at Wooster Farm,” Maine Home + Design, April, 2013. Copley Fine Art Auctions, The Sporting Sale, Plymouth, MA, July 25-26, 2014, lot 398 and front catalog cover, illustrated. EXHIBITED: Duxbury, Massachusetts, Duxbury Art
Association’s Annual Winter Juried Show, Art Complex Museum, February-April 2019. $250,000 - $450,000