Rafael Osona's Annual Auction Catalog 2019 2014 | Page 127

266. DWIGHT BLANEY (Massachusetts 1865-1944) “On the Hills and Far
Away”, watercolor on paper depicting a snowy field, signed lower right Dwight Blaney,
1923, and titled on reverse, in a Foster Brothers ebonized oak frame. 13 in. x 19 in.

Blaney was born in Brookline, MA and originally trained as an architect until his friend John Singer
Sargent encouraged him to paint.

267. RARE MATCHED SET OF SIX MAPLE WILLIAM AND MARY SIDE
CHAIRS, New England, circa 1720-1730, yoke-shaped crest with molded carving above
a narrow vase-shaped splat over a trapezoidal rush seat, on block and baluster-turned
legs joined by double frontal balls and ring-turned stretcher and double-ring turned side
stretchers, Spanish feet.
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