An American Summer
An American Summer
Guy Carleton Wiggins
Clock Tower, Harkness Memorial, New Haven
Lot Closed
July 20, 04:02 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Guy Carleton Wiggins
1883 - 1962
Clock Tower, Harkness Memorial, New Haven
signed Guy Wiggins. (lower right); signed again and titled (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
canvas: 30 ¼ by 25 inches (76.8 by 63.5 cm)
framed: 41 by 36 inches (104 by 91.4 cm)
Gretchen H. Martin
Estate of the above
Private collection (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 27, 1992, lot 116)
Private collection, California (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 10, 2007, lot 211)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Estate of the above
Private collection (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 27, 1992, lot 116)
Private collection, California (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 10, 2007, lot 211)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
The present work depicts the Yale University Harkness Tower, in New Haven, Connecticut. Constructed between 1917 and 1921, the tower is a focal point of the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle and was donated to the University by Anna M. Harkness in memory of her son, Charles Harkness.