Lot 65 : GRANT WOOD 1892-1942
Auction Location: United States of America - 2006
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Description:
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI
DOOR TO OLD CHATEAU, PERIGNEUX
measurements
16 by 13 in.
alternate measurements
40.7 by 33 cm.
signed Grant/Wood and dated 1926 l.r.; inscribed Chateau Barrie/Perigneux and Door to Old Chateau/Perigneux on the reverse
oil on board
Condition Note: SURFACE: in good condition; dirty varnish Under UV: no apparent inpainting
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PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Milton Rusch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
EXHIBITED
Paris, Galerie Carmine, Exposition de quelques oeuvres de M. Grant Wood, 1926
NOTE
Sold together with a letter from the artist addressed to Milton Rusch, Milwaukee (the painting's first owner) and dated April 19, 1931.
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