Reading in the Park

Martin Jackson (American, 1919–1986)

$690 price realized incl. premium

≈ £469≈ €539 Show prices also in

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Medium: Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on canvas scene shows an African-American woman seated on rocks in a park-like setting amongst trees and flowers”
Support: Canvas
Signed / inscribed: Signed lower left
Category: Oil paintings
Dimensions: 12" x 16"
Auction house: James D. Julia
Sale: Annual Winter Antique & Fine Art Auction <br> Sale Totals Over $1.5 Million! (annual-winter-antique-fine-art-auction-2/?session=1)
Date: February 6, 2009
Location: Fairfield, Maine
Lot: 524
Estimate: $800 – $1,000 (≈ £544 – £680) (≈ €625 – €781)
Source: Auction house jamesdjulia.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 27, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2008 and 2009 · sold 2

Aug 28, 2008 · James D. Julia
Spectacular Summer Auction <br> A New Record for the Samoset Auction $5,000,000!, lot 3505
Sold $480Sign up to see · est. $800 – $1,000
As catalogued
Martin Jackson, “Reading in the Park”
Oil on canvas scene shows an African-American woman seated on rocks in a park-like setting amongst trees and flowers
12" x 16"
Feb 6, 2009 · James D. Julia this result
Annual Winter Antique & Fine Art Auction <br> Sale Totals Over $1.5 Million!, lot 524
Sold $690 +44%Sign up to see · est. $800 – $1,000
As catalogued
Martin Jackson, “Reading in the Park”
Oil on canvas scene shows an African-American woman seated on rocks in a park-like setting amongst trees and flowers
12" x 16"

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