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Aloysius C. O’Kelly (1853-1936)
THE GOOD SAMARITAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NEW YORK
oil on board
signed lower right
9_ x 12_in. (24.13 x 31_cm)
Ross’s, 7 March 2012, lot 17;Private collection
Good Samaritan Lutheran Church (est. 1917) served the large German immigrant population living on Blackwell’s Island,
later known as Welfare Island (from 1921 when it was used principally for hospitals) and ultimately Roosevelt Island from
1973. By the 1950s, most of the island’s institutions had relocated or closed among them the Good Samaritan Lutheran
church which was abandoned and ultimately demolished.
€1500-€2000 (£1080-£1440 approx.)
IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015