Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection
Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection
Fruit, Pears and Peaches
Auction Closed
April 20, 07:56 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Charles Demuth
1883 - 1935
Fruit, Pears and Peaches
signed C. Demuth and dated '33 (center); bears inscription (on the reverse)
watercolor and pencil on paper
10 x 14 in. (35.4 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1933.
Robert Locher, New York (acquired by descent from the artist in 1935)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1955)
Davis & Langdale, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 0726 (acquired from the above on June 2, 1984)
Charles Demuth is widely regarded as one of the most talented watercolorists in the history of American art. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his still life compositions. With a discerning eye and sharp attention to detail, Demuth faithfully depicts familiar objects with liveliness and modernity that are quintessential to him.