Whaling Mural on Wine Barrel Plank by E.Dean
This is a wine barrel plank with a hand painted whaling motif in excellent all original condition, signed by E. Dean. Measures 34.5"w x 2.5"d x 2.75" tall.
Purchased from the Hinton estate in Lahaina, Hawaii. The Hinton's were the pioneers of the Lahaina Yacht Club, they owned a historic house on the famed Front Street, Lahaina It was purchased in 2018 by its current owner.
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The appraised work appears to be an oak barrel stave with a hand painted whaling scene by American folk artist Elizabeth Dean (1911-2011). Dean was likely self-taught and worked primarily on the East Coast, first in Massachusetts and then New Hampshire. She appears to have routinely executed nautical and whaling scenes on barrel staves inspired by locales in Nantucket during the mid-20th century. The estimate provided is based on comparable examples offered and sold at auction. In many cases, pricing for similar examples available on the primary (retail) market vary, and are often higher than secondary (auction) market examples.
