Lot Essay
This drawing is a preparatory study for the oil painting, The Picture Writer's Story of 1884, presently in the Anschutz Collection, Denver, Colorado.
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Study for "The Picture Writer's Story"
Details
George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)
Study for "The Picture Writer's Story"
signed and inscribed 'To Aunt Fannie/From Geo. de F. Brush' (upper right)
pencil and ink on paper
6¾ x 11 in. (17.1 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1884.
Study for "The Picture Writer's Story"
signed and inscribed 'To Aunt Fannie/From Geo. de F. Brush' (upper right)
pencil and ink on paper
6¾ x 11 in. (17.1 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1884.
Provenance
The artist.
Mrs. Robert G. Lyle (Aunt Fannie), gift from the above.
Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York.
Mrs. Robert G. Lyle (Aunt Fannie), gift from the above.
Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York.
Literature
N.K. Anderson, George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings, Washington, D.C., 2008, p. 144, no. 2, illustrated.
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