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Charles Demuth (1883-1935)

Rothschild Lily #2

    Price Realised USD 23,750
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    Charles Demuth (1883-1935)

    Rothschild Lily #2

    Price Realised USD 23,750
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    Price Realised USD 23,750
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    Charles Demuth (1883-1935)
    Rothschild Lily #2
    watercolor and pencil on paper
    Image: 103⁄4 x 141⁄4 in. (27.3 x 36.2 cm.)
    Sheet: 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
    Executed circa 1930.
    Provenance
    The artist.
    Robert E. Locher, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, bequest of the above, 1935.
    Estate of the above.
    Richard C. Weyand, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by descent.
    Estate of the above.
    Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 16 October 1957, lot 65, sold by the above.
    The Downtown Gallery, New York.
    Jack Lawrence, West Redding, Connecticut, acquired from the above, 1963.
    Christie's, New York, 5 June 1997, lot 88, sold by the above (as Rothschild Lilies).
    Eaton Fine Art, Inc., Palm Beach, Florida.
    Zabriskie Gallery, Inc., New York.
    Acquired from the above by the late owners, 2002.
    Literature
    E. Farnham, Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works, vol. ii, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1959, p. 677, no. 690.
    Exhibited
    New York, Washburn Gallery, Drawing: In Many Mediums, December 1, 2020-January 30, 2021.
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    Lot Essay

    The present work hung in Emily Mason's Chelsea studio and was purchased as a gift from Mason to Wolf Kahn.

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