Lot 53
  • 53

Charles Courtney Curran 1861-1942

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Courtney Curran
  • Among the Wild Azaleas
  • signed Chas.C.Curran, dated 1908, and titled Among the Wild Azalias [sic], l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 1/4 by 18 in.
  • (56.5 by 45.7 cm)

Provenance

Bernard Black Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1968

Catalogue Note

According to Kaycee Benton, "the painting titled Among the Wild Azaleas depicts a scene in Cragsmoor, New York where Curran had his summer home and studio and was painted either in late May or early June of 1908, when the wild azaleas are in bloom. Curran's record book number for this painting is 158-5."