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South of Broad: The Charleston Home of Darla Moore by Tony Ingrao
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- Sale 2098
Live
| Chicago
Sep 13 | 10:00 AM CDT
Live
| Chicago
Sale 2098
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$800 – $1,200
The present work is based upon the three-quarter left profile head of Peace in the mosaic mural Law, one of two murals Dielman designed for the House Reading Room in the new Library of Congress building. Dielman later used a variation of the Library of Congress head in three-quarter right profile for the head of Moderation, in The Editorial Function, one of seven mural paintings (now destroyed) the artist created for the business office of the new Evening Star building in Washington, DC. This watercolor variation may commemorate the unveiling of the Evening Star murals in 1902.
Provenance:
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1976-1979
Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., Los Angeles, California, 1979-1982
Sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 21, 1994, Lot 105
Private Collection, 1994
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Exhibited:
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 100 American Drawings and Watercolors from 200 Years, December 4 - 30, 1976, no. 28
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Turn-of-the-Century America: Paintings, Graphics, and Photographs: 1890-1910, June 30 - October 2, 1977, pp. 20; 184, fig. 7, illus. (and traveling)
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, American Drawings and Watercolors, October 6 - 29, 1979, no. 29
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, An American Perspective: Nineteenth-Century Art from the collection of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., October 4, 1981 - January 31, 1982, pp. 75; 78; 127-128, fig. 7, illus. (also traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, March 19 - May 23, 1982; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 6 - September 26, 1982)
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, The Arts of the American Renaissance, April 12 - May 31, 1985, p. 38, no. 19, illus.
Framed: 21 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches.
Not examined out of frame; minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; one small foxing stain each in center right and lower right corner; otherwise appears in overall stable condition and attractively framed. Additional images available upon request.
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