Recently discovered work of Edwin Howland Blashfield, late 19th Century--early 20th Century muralist. The work remains to be authenticated, and is in need of restoration, as some poorly executed attempts at the same may have damaged parts of the original, according to the current owner. The owner has told MOBAAC the painting may have once belonged to sugar-refining magnate James H. Post or his descendants.



Besides his prominent public murals, such as the one gracing the ceiling of one of the buildings of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Blashfield undertook commissions for installation in private residences, and the above may have been an example of such a commission.


Detail of newly discovered work: quintessential Blashfield.

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