Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection

Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection

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Charles Demuth

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)

Emily Farnham, Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works, vol. II, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1959, p. 621, no. 526
New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York Collects: Drawings and Watercolors, 1900-1950, 1999, no. 106

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.