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Paul Cadmus 1904 - 1999
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description
- Paul Cadmus
- Fences
- signed Cadmus, l.l.; also titled Fences, inscribed painted in eggyolk tempera, signed by Paul Cadmus, and dated 1946 on the reverse
- egg tempera on panel
- 10 3/4 by 9 3/4 in.
- (37.3 by 24.8 cm)
Provenance
Flora Whitney Miller (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 28, 1987, lot 332, illustrated)
Acquired at the above sale
Acquired at the above sale
Exhibited
Wichita, Kansas, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University; Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum; Yonkers, New York, The Hudson River Museum, Paul Cadmus: Yesterday and Today, November 1981-July 1982, no. 27
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cadmus, French, and Tooker: The Early Years, February-May 1990
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cadmus, French, and Tooker: The Early Years, February-May 1990
Literature
Lincoln Kirstein, Paul Cadmus, New York, 1984, pp. 61-63, 135, illustrated p. 61
Condition
Very good condition.
Under UV: fine.
A letter from the artist to the late owner will accompany this lot.
Please note the amended provenance:
Flora Whitney Miller (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 28, 1987, lot 332, illustrated)
Acquired at the above sale
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
In a letter dated August 27, 1987, Cadmus wrote to Arthur Byron Phillips about his recent purchase of Fences: "It started with a very careful drawing of some battered snow fences on this island near Saltaire where I spent many summers with my friends Jared and margaret French. The pole and figures were invented additions. At the time ... I saw quite a lot of two handsome young friends of friends, not intimtaes of mine. Jonathan Tichenor - an assistant and much more to George Platt Lynes and John Nerber a young poet. I don't remember who actually posed for the figure. Neither of those two. Probably Jared French who was not that elongated. He posed for almost anything I did in those days. As I did too, for him. Once I was a blonde negress! And he a little child. The reclining figure I wanted to be ambiguous: male possibly or female possibly. I left it up to the viewer. I wanted to suggest the strange feeling that sometimes is supposed to occur after love-making - a kind of melancholy(?)..."