Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935
Zinnias: A Double-Sided Work, 1920
Watercolor and pencil on paper
17⅞ x 11⅞ inches
45.4 x 30.2 cm
45.4 x 30.2 cm
Signed, dated and inscribed at lower left: C. Demuth 1920 Lancaster Pa.
Provenance
The artist;
Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York; to
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, 1936; to
The estate of the above; to
Peggy and David Rockefeller, 1958; to
[Sale: Christie's, New York, May 9, 2018, lot 416]; to
Private collection, until the present
Exhibitions
The Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut, January 3-February 1, 1965
Literature
Emily Farnham, Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works, vol. II, Ph.D. diss., Ohio State University, 1959, no. 396, p. 567
J. Barnitz, et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, vol. II, New York, 1988, pp. 107-109, no. 52, fig. a, illus.
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