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RALPH EUGENE CAHOON (1910-1982)
Sailors Revelling with Harlots

19 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

US$15,000 - US$25,000

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RALPH EUGENE CAHOON (1910-1982)

Sailors Revelling with Harlots
signed "R. Cahoon Pinxt" at lower right
oil on Masonite, in giltwood frame
17 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.
framed 21 x 27 in.

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Provenance
Descended in the family from the consignors' grandparents, who owned and ran the Falmouth Playhouse on Cape Cod from 1955-1983. 

Note
Cahoon borrowed the title and composition from a popular Federal engraving in the Prodigal Son series by Connecticut artist Amos Doolittle (1754-1832), replacing the three women in the scene with topless mermaids. A more faithful copy of Doolittle's "The Prodigal Son Returns" sold at Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 2013.

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