Charles Courtney Curran 1861-1942

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Description

Charles Courtney Curran
A Seat on the Summit
titled, signed and dated Record No./196-23/C.C.C./A Seat on the Summit/By Charles C. Curran, N.A. 1920 on the reverse
oil on canvas mounted on masonite
25 by 30 in. (63.5 by 76.2 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the artist
William Young, Boston, Massachusetts, 1972 (acquired from the above)
Pierce Galleries, Hingham, Massachusetts
Private Collection, Boston, Massachusetts
Signature Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1977

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, Winter Exhibition, November-December 1921, no. 136 (as Cloud Fancies)
New York, Rehn Gallery, 1921
Newport, Rhode Island, Newport Art Association, 1922
Buffalo, New York, Albright Art Gallery, 17th Annual Exhibition of Select Paintings and Small Bronzes of American Artists, April-June 1923, no. 51, illustrated (as Cloud Fancies)
Cleveland, Ohio, George Gage Gallery, 1926
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Circuit in Art Center, Harrisburg Art Society, circa 1933
New York, Salmagundi Club, 1937

Catalogue Note

According to Kaycee Benton, this painting was cut down from a 30 by 30 inch canvas to its current size and mounted on masonite by the artist in 1939. Curran changed the title from Cloud Fancies to A Seat on the Summit at this time.