The Spirit of America: The Wolf Family Collection
The Spirit of America: The Wolf Family Collection
Charles Demuth
Zinnias, Larkspur and Daisies
Auction Closed
April 20, 12:24 AM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Charles Demuth
1883 - 1935
Zinnias, Larkspur and Daisies
signed with the initials C.D., dated 1928 - and inscribed L.-S- (lower center)
watercolor on paper
18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1928.
The artist
Mrs. Blanche Lazo Steinman, Lancaster, Pennsylvania & New York (acquired as a gift from the above)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Edward Shein, Providence, Rhode Island
Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 1210 (acquired from the above on May 18, 2004)
Mrs. Blanche Lazo Steinman, Lancaster, Pennsylvania & New York (acquired as a gift from the above)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Edward Shein, Providence, Rhode Island
Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 1210 (acquired from the above on May 18, 2004)
Robert M. Coates, "The Art Galleries," The New Yorker, 1950, p. 59
Emily Farnham, Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works, vol. II, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1959, no. 571, p. 619
Alvord L. Eiseman, "A Study of the Development of an Artist: Charles Demuth," Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, New York, 1976, no. 293, pp. 495-96, illustrated
Emily Farnham, Charles Demuth: Behind a Laughing Mask, Norman, Oklahoma, 1971, pp. 169-70
William Anthony Rozaitis, "Desire Reduced to a Petal's Span: William Carlos Williams, Charles Demuth and Floral Representation in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century America," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1997, fig. 24, pp. 282-83, 361, illustrated
Emily Farnham, Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works, vol. II, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1959, no. 571, p. 619
Alvord L. Eiseman, "A Study of the Development of an Artist: Charles Demuth," Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, New York, 1976, no. 293, pp. 495-96, illustrated
Emily Farnham, Charles Demuth: Behind a Laughing Mask, Norman, Oklahoma, 1971, pp. 169-70
William Anthony Rozaitis, "Desire Reduced to a Petal's Span: William Carlos Williams, Charles Demuth and Floral Representation in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century America," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1997, fig. 24, pp. 282-83, 361, illustrated
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Fackenthal Library of Franklin & Marshall College, Memorial Exhibition of Works by Charles Demuth (1883 - 1935), 1941, no. 23
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Detroit, Detroit Institute of Art; Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery; Williamstown, Massachusetts, Williams College; Newark, Delaware, University of Delaware; Oberlin, Oregon, Oberlin College, Charles Demuth Retrospective Exhibition, 1950, no. 142, p. 81, illustrated
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Charles Demuth, 1987-88, no. 116, p. 217, illustrated
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Detroit, Detroit Institute of Art; Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery; Williamstown, Massachusetts, Williams College; Newark, Delaware, University of Delaware; Oberlin, Oregon, Oberlin College, Charles Demuth Retrospective Exhibition, 1950, no. 142, p. 81, illustrated
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Charles Demuth, 1987-88, no. 116, p. 217, illustrated