John Wilde
(American, 1919-2006)
Shirley Measuring the Herbs (Shirley in the Kitchen Series #4)
, 1974
Sale 1058 - Post-War & Contemporary Art
Sep 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$8,000 -
12,000
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$20,000
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Lot Description
John Wilde
(American, 1919-2006)
Shirley Measuring the Herbs (Shirley in the Kitchen Series #4)
, 1974oil on wood panel
initialed J and dated (upper left); signed, titled and dated (verso)
6 x 7 5/8 inches.
Property from the Collection of Pence Revington, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Provenance:
The Artist
Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago
Acquired from the above by Mr. & Mrs. Betty Revington-Burdick, West Lafayette, Indiana in 1974
Gifted to the present owner by the above
Exhibited:
Chicago, Illinois, Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, John Wilde, April 19 - May 11, 1974.
Literature:
Carlton Overland, fwd. and James Watrous, apprec. John Wilde: Drawings, 1940-1984, 1985. Published following the exhibition of the same title at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, no. 381 (pencil and wash study for the painting).
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