Lot 59
  • 59

Gerard Curtis Delano 1890-1972

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Gerard Curtis Delano
  • Sundown in Monument Valley, Utah
  • signed © Delano, l.r.; titled and signed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 24 in.
  • 50.8 by 61 cm.

Provenance

Acquired by the father of the present owner at the Annual Art Festival, Gunnison, Colorado, 1945
Thence by descent to the present owner 

Exhibited

Gunnison, Colorado, The Art Association of the Museum of Archaeology, Western State College of Colorado, The Annual Art Festival, Southwestern Art Primarily, 1945

Condition

Canvas not lined. Surface with scattered widely-spaced craquelure, stretcher marks along the edges; the paint surface is stable and in good condition. Under UV light: no evidence of inpainting.
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