Lot 54: Signed Lithograph "Bay Shore" Etching by Ernest C. Rost
Estate Auction (27): Multiple-Estate Liquidation Roseville, CA · Sold
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- Estate Auction (27): Multiple-Estate Liquidation Roseville, CA
- Lot Number
- 54
- Status
- Sold
- Hammer / Price
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- Opening Bid
- $5.00
- Accepted Bids
- 48
- Closed
- 10/14/22 7:59 PM PT
Description
Signed Lithograph Etching titled "Bay Shore" by Ernest C. Rost done in the 1890's. Landscape scene with cottages along a bay. The title of the picture "Bay Shore" and artist's signature "Ernest C. Rost" are on the bottom right. Framed and matted with glass with a wire on the back for hanging. Measures approximately 36.5"x 27"x 1.5". Good condition. Biography: Ernest C. Rost was born in 1866 in New York. By the mid-1880's he was exhibiting landscape oil paintings at the National Academy of Design in NYC. After 1887 his oil painting stopped and by 1891 etching became his primary occupation. Today, the Library of Congress (Prints and Photographs Division) maintains 63 etchings by Ernest C. Rost with dates running from 1891 to 1896.