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50. JOSEPH MCGURL (MASSACHUSETTS b. 1958) OIL ON CANVAS “PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE JETTIES
FROM THE CLIFF, NANTUCKET”, with Lincoln Circle residences, sailing and Galley Beach summer activities on a calm day,
signed lower right Joseph McGurl in molded gold leaf frame. 24 in. x 42 in. Overall 30 ¼ in. x 48 ¼ in.
Provenance: Robert Wilson Gallery, Nantucket to the Present Owner.
McGurl attended the Massachusetts College of Art, studied in England and Italy, but his father James McGurl, who is a muralist was
his most influential teacher. Joseph is a signature member of the Plein Air Painters of America, an elected member of the Guild of
Boston Artists, was a Copley Master with the Copley Society of Boston and is a fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists.
51. FEDERAL CHERRY AND BIRD’S-EYE-MAPLE BOWFRONT OF DRAWERS, probably Massachusetts, circa 1810-
1820, having a shaped top with turret corners above a conforming case fitted with four crossbanded and bird’s-eye-maple veneered
drawers with silvered brass pulls above a scroll-cut apron and flanked by reeded stiles continuing to turned tapering legs.
Height 40 ½ in. Width 46 ¾ in. Depth 20 ¾ in.
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