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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
Lot 2

Charles Demuth
(1883-1935)
Trees and Houses (Provincetown) 10 x 13 1/2in

22 November 2016, 14:00 EST
New York

US$40,000 - US$60,000

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Charles Demuth (1883-1935)

Trees and Houses (Provincetown)
signed and dated 'C Demuth • 1916 -' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
10 x 13 1/2in

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Robert Locher, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, bequest from the above, 1935.
Nelson Goodman, Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, 1956.
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, March 15, 2000, lot 153.
Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, acquired from the above.
Thomas Colville Fine Art, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2006.

Exhibited
Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design, Demuth Exhibition, 1939.
Boston, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, on loan 1972-circa1995.
New York, Babcock Galleries, When Modern Was Modern: 1908-1929, September-December, 2007, no. 26.
New York, Babcock Galleries, GIANTS: American Modern Masters, October 14-December 17, 2010, no. 5.

Literature
E. Farnham, Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works, Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, 1959, vol. II, pp. 494-95, no. 220.
G. Greer and A. Smith, American Paintings 1860-1960, New York, 2000, pp. 36-37, illustrated.

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