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A principal figure of the Cape Ann art colony, Harry Aiken Vincent developed a career of high regard from an astoundingly modest background in the fine arts. He was a self-taught painter, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, but dedicated to the quaint New England seaside towns of Rockport and Gloucester for much of his adult life.

Provenance:

McDougall Fine Arts Galleries, Gloucester, Massachusetts

To private collection, Irvington, Virginia, 2014

Inscription:

1. (lower right verso of frame in black) H. A. VINCENT
2. (top stretcher in black) FISHING VILLAGE ‘PROVENCE’ $500.00
3. (lower verso of canvas in black, prior to lining) H. A. VINCENT A.N.A. Rockport Mass.
4. (upper verso of canvas, prior to lining) H. A. VINCENT. A.N.A. / ROCKPORT, MASS

Labels:

1. (old sticker on frame upper left) 699
2. (Parisian stamp on canvas prior to lining) LUCIEN LEFEBVRE- FOINET / PARIS / 19 RUE VAVIN & 2 RUE BREA
3. (old label on lower stretcher) Artist: H. A. Vincent / Title: Fishing Village Province. / Price $500 Size 20/24 F. – G. / Bin No. 327
4. (label on backing) COMENOS FINE ARTS / 9 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02116 / Harry Aiken Vincent / (American, 1862 – 1931) / Fishing Village, Provence / signed lower left: H.A. Vincent / & signed & inscribed on the reverse / H.A. Vincent A.N.A Rockport, Mass. – / titled on the stretcher Fishing Village, Provence / oil on canvas / signed, hand-carved frame by Feliciano / Nemiccoli, Readville, Mass. #137 / actual size: 20 x 24 in., framed size: 24 ½ x 28 in. / Painted circa 1918