Oil on canvas, unsigned, rustic genre scene featuring men hoisting hay into a horse drawn wagon, presented in a period frame.

SS 29.5 x 47 in.; DOA 34 x 52 in.

Private Collection, VA

This painting is almost identical in composition to a signed painting by Frerichs, titled "Bringing the Hay in Before the Storm," sold at Sotheby Parke-Bernet in 1980, Sale 4369, Lot 293.

Surface grime including yellowing varnish; allover craquelure with some associated cupping along upper center at frame; small puncture at lower left in bushes; some slack to canvas; scattered minor paint flakes.

$1,000 - 3,000