A painting bought for just $50 at a Hamptons barn sale ended up being a 1912 work by celebrated Canadian artist Emily Carr. What initially looked like an inexpensive find was later authenticated as Carr’s Masset, Q.C.I. and eventually sold for C$290,000 at auction.
The painting had been discovered by New York-based art dealer Allen Treibitz, who came across it at a barn sale in the Hamptons. He paid just $50 for the signed canvas. The report is based ona report by The Art Newspaper, Artforum and Artnet.
