On 14th Street

Details

Clyde Singer (1908-1999)
On 14th Street
signed 'Singer' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 23 ½ in. (73 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1938.

Provenance

The artist.
Private collection, Washington, D.C., 1985.
Michael Lawlor, California, 2003.
Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2013.

Exhibited

Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Musuem, n.d., no. 60.
Parkersburg, West Virginia, The Parkersburg Fine Art Center, Third Annual Exhibition, 1941.
Massilln, Ohio, The Massillon Museum, Clyde Singer Paintings, August 1960.
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art, Clyde Singer: 25 Year Retrospective, November 14-December 19, 1965.
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art, Clyde Singer: A Retrospective, 35 Years, 1975.
New Williamstown, Pennsylvania, Westminster College Art Gallery, Clyde Singer, February 27-March 23, 1976.
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; Canton, Ohio, Canton Museum of Art, Clyde Singer's America, September 7, 2008-January 7, 2009, p. 95, fig. 56, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Born in Malvern, Ohio in 1908, Clyde Singer spent his formative years in rural Ohio, attending the local public schools and later the school at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. In 1933, Singer was awarded a scholarship to the Arts Students League in New York, where he was mentored by the celebrated Regionalist painters Thomas Hart Benton and John Stueart Curry. Singer stayed in New York city for seven years, where he became friends with the Ashcan school painter John Sloan. Singer eventually returned to Ohio and became the assistant director at the Butler Institute of American Art in 1940. Excluding serving during World War II, Singer held his post at the Butler until his death in 1999.

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