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Reginald Eugene Nickerson (MA, 1915-1999)

Sold for $1,700 at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries on Feb 22, 2025.

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REGINALD EUGENE NICKERSON (MA, 1915-1999) Three-Mast Schooner "Fred W. Chase", the green hulled craft underway with full sail, skyline of Portland astern, oil on canvas, signed lower right (and marked 'B.1915' as part of signature), Nickerson was known for his accurate recreations of period ship's portraits, often using the name 'Thaddeus Bannister'. Typed tag verso reads "The Schooner "Fred W. Chase, Maine, 625 tons, built and owned by J.M. Hayes in 1884 in Wiscasset, Maine, she was lost in a gale, February 1887". In modern gold molded frame, OS: 25 1/2" x 39 1/2", SS: 22" x 36".

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