1: ALFRED MONTGOMERY (1857-1922) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD

Alfred Montgomery (Kansas, 1857-1922)
A Rustic Still Life (1900)
The still life composition depicts a bounty of corn with each kernel depicted individually in thick impasto, the ears stored in a crate, a basket, and a green cloth bag inscribed in the painting with Alfred Montgomery's initials just above a stitched cloth patch.

This large and unusual example is displayed in an appropriately rustic frame that appears to be the original.

Ask Google, ''who was the corn artist'' and the first entry returned reads: ''Alfred Montgomery An artist who called himself ''the farmer who paints and the painter who farms.''
Board measures 22 x 35.25 with a framed size of 32.25 x 45.25 inches.
Good original condition, noting a half dollar sized rub upper right and a small flake lower center.
Provenance: Jim Finley collection, Sedalia, Missouri.
$3,000 - $5,000