Lot 171
  • 171

Charles Courtney Curran 1861-1942

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

Description

  • Charles Courtney Curran
  • The South Wind (The Breezy Day)
  • signed Charles C. Curran and dated 1917, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 40 by 30 in.
  • (101.6 by 76.2 cm)

Provenance

Dunbar Art Galleries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Orpheum Circuit, 1926 (acquired from the above)
Kohl Estate
Ostrander Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
Mabel S. Shaw, Dixon, Illinios, 1949 (acquired from the above)
By descent in the family to the current owner (her great-grandson)

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, 1918, no. 98, (as The South Wind)
Chicago, Illinois, Palace Theater, 1927

Condition

Very good condition; unlined; craquelure primarily in background, under UV: fine.
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Catalogue Note

This painting retains its original frame.

According to Kaycee Benton, the model in this painting is standing on a ledge at Bear Hill in Cragsmoore, New York.