Offering of the Day: Two Exquisite Views of New York by the Italian Artist Nicolino Calyo

Nicolino Calyo (1799-1884) 

The East River Looking Southwest, Blackwell’s Island in Foreground, The Navy Yard at Extreme Left;

View of Lower New York from Jersey City 

Gouache on paper 

12 1/2 inches high x 19 inches wide 

Framed: 23 x 16 1/4 inches

In gilded frames of the period 

$240,000 for the pair 

$130,000 each 

Provenance:

The Old Print Shop, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Varick Stout, New York 

Note:

Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Dominick Stout

Additional information on Nicolino Calyo may be found in Kathleen Foster discussion in Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art, (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), p. 299