Lot 64 : GRANT WOOD (American 1891-1942)
Auction Location: United States of America - 2003
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Artist or Maker:
GRANT WOOD (American 1891-1942)
Description:
"Quetzal in Flight" circa 1912. Oil on artist board. Signed lower right "GRANT
WOOD".
Dimensions:
31"x33.5" (79cm x 89cm).
Provenance:
Atlier Dore Gallery 1982-1988
Ms. Whoopi Goldberg and Mr. Ed Gold 1988-1992
Mr. Ed Gold 1992-2003
Acquired by the present owners, Mr. Bruce Wildstein and Mr. Basil Collier,
Beverly Hills California, from Mr. Ed Gold in July of this year
The offered lot appears to have been created from the outset as a fireplace
screen. The remaining parts of the wood frame that accompanies this lot is
set with a pair of slightly arched feet, attached to the base of the frame,
which would allow it to stand upright. It is perhaps related to an over mantle
painting executed in the year 1912 for Grant Woods friend Kate Loomis, see
(James M. Dennis, Grant Wood A Study in American Art and Culture,
University of Missouri Press, 1986, page 23, figure #6) However, the highly
developed landscape and foliage may suggest a slightly
later date.
According to information provided by the current consignor, the painting first
surfaced in California in 1982. It was acquired and then offered by the San
Francisco Gallery Atelier Dore. It was then offered at a charity auction held in
Los Angeles, California in 1988 which was sponsored by Michael Jackson and
where it was acquired by Ms. Whoopi Goldberg and Mr. Ed Gold
The painting is also accompanied by a photocopy of a hand written and
notarized opinion regarding this painting offered by Grant Woods sister Nan
Wood Graham who examined the painting first hand in March of 1983 and at
which time stated that she believed the painting to be an “authentic creation
of my brother, Grant Wood…”
* Provenance as provided by present owner.
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