Lot 148
Emma Fordyce MacRae
(American, 1887-1974)
Women Alone, 1939-1945
Sale 2105 - American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Dec 8, 2024
2:00PM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$8,000 -
12,000
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$31,750
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Lot Description
Emma Fordyce MacRae
(American, 1887-1974)
Women Alone, 1939-1945
oil on board
signed Emma Fordyce MacRae (lower left); also inscribed with Artist's name and title on label (on the reverse)
36 x 32 in.
Proceeds from the painting's sale will go directly to Alzheimer's Research UK, Britain's leading dementia research charity, and will help fund research on Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia.
Provenance:
The Artist.
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York.
The Estate of the Artist.
By descent in the Artist's family.
Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Exhibited:
New York, National Academy of Design, March 1945.
New York, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, "Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition," April 12 - 29, 1946.
Gloucester, Cape Ann Museum, "Emma Fordyce MacRae, N.A. 1887-1974," March 1 - July 20, 2008.
Literature:
Emma Fordyce MacRae, N.A. 1887-1974, an exhibition catalogue, Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, 2008, p. 7, fig. 5, illus.
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