Lot 124
  • 124

Marvin Cone

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Marvin Cone
  • Rising Clouds
  • signed MARVIN D. CONE (lower left); titled "RISING CLOUDS" (on the upper stretcher bar)
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 by 20 inches
  • (45.7 by 51 cm)
  • Painted circa 1926-27.

Provenance

Martha Ely Weare and Marc Williams Bodine, Sr., 1928 (acquired as a wedding present, possibly from her sister-in-law Mrs. W. W. Walker or Cone patron Isaac B. Smith, all linked by business interests)
By descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth Public Library, 1927
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Gallery, 1927

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from surface dust, frame abrasion, and surface dirt. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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Catalogue Note

This work retains its original contemporary frame handcrafted by the artist.