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Lot Description

Ben Austrian

(American, 1870-1921)

Chick with Berries and Flowers

oil on canvas

signed Ben Austrian (lower right)

12 x 14 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Property from the Collection of William L. Bernhard and Catherine Cahill, Southampton, New York

Note:
This work comes from the Southampton, New York home of the collectors Catherine Cahill, now deceased, and William L. Bernhard, who continues to live in their Manhattan Park Avenue home. Lifelong New Yorkers, they spent summers in Southampton and Washington, Connecticut, and winters in Palm Beach, where Ms. Cahill decorated their retreat on Major Alley Way with the noted interior designer, Keith Irvine of Irvine and Fleming. Ms. Cahill was an animal rights activist, and a daughter of John T. Cahill, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a named partner in the international law firm, Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Mr. Bernhard is a philanthropist and descendant of the Lehman family of investment banking fame. He has served on many Boards of Directors, including the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, Film at Lincoln Center, and the Winston Churchill Foundation..

Condition Report

Framed: 19 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches.
Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is not lined and exhibits very slight waviness, only visible under raking light; pinpoint white spots scattered throughout; inpainting visible under normal viewing conditions along the extreme left and right edges; one pinpoint paint loss in the upper right corner; one pinpoint brown paint droplet in the upper left corner. Under UV light: inpainting in the aforementioned areas along the left and right edges, as well as a few pinpoint spots of inpainting in the center left of the background. Additional images available upon request.

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