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Jared French 1905 - 1987

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Jared French
  • Homesickness
  • signed Jared French (lower right); also signed Jared French and titled "Homesickness" on the reverse
  • egg tempera on panel
  • 9 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
  • (24.1 by 18.4 cm)
  • Painted in 1942.

Provenance

Robert Isaacson Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1960

Exhibited

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cadmus, French, and Tooker: The Early Years, March-May 1990
New York, Midtown Payson Galleries; Amherst, Massachusetts, Amherst College Meade Art Museum, The Rediscovery of Jared French, April-November 1992, illustrated in color

Literature

Nancy Grimes, Jared French's Myths, San Francisco, California, 1993, pl. 8, illustrated in color

Condition

Very good condition. Under UV: two small spots of inpainting at upper left corner to address frame abrasion, and inpainting along extreme top and right edges to address frame abrasion.
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