LOT 274
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Lot 274
JOHN STEUART CURRY (American 1897-1946)
The First Snow-
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right “John Steuart Curry 1930”
25.25 inches x 31 inches
Estimate:
$20,000 - 25,000
€ 15,400 - 19,250
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by Dr. Wellwood Nesbit of Madison, Wisconsin.
Thence by descent through the family to the present owner Mrs. Kathy Doll (granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Genevieve Nesbit).
Literature:
The Lakeside Press Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, "Catalog of a Loan Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by John Steuart Curry", March 1st to April 28th 1939, page 11 (unillustrated).
Laurence E. Schmeckebier, John Steuart Curry’s Pageant of America, American Artists Group, New York, 1943, page 129, 133 and 134 and illustrated as Figure 80. (This lot is accompanied by a copy of both of these publications).
Exhibited:
The Lakeside Press Galleries, Chicago, Illinois "A Loan Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by John Steuart Curry, March 1-April 29, 1939 as Item 10.
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