LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board

Measurements:

25.00 in. (63.50 cm.) (height) by 30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'E. Spruce' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, Contemporary American Painters, 1950. Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, 20 American Artists of the 20th Century: A Comparative Study of the Artists' Vision, March 28-April 25, 1951, no. 45. Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, 60th Annual American Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture, October 25-December 16, 1951, no. 158. Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, Communicating Art from the Midwest Collections: American and European Paintings and Sculpture 1835-1955, October 13-November 6, 1955. New York, American Federation of Arts, and elsewhere, Everett Spruce Retrospective, October 1, 1959-October 29, 1961, no. 11.

Literature:

'rt Institute of Chicago, 60th Annual American Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1951, n.p., no. 158. J.P. Leeper, Everett Spruce, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1959, p. 26, no. 11, illustrated.

Provenance:

Mortimer Levitt Gallery, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1951.