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Lot Description

Ralph Mayer

(American, 1898-1979)

Newtown Creek

, 1939

oil on canvas

signed Ralph Mayer and dated (lower right)

28 x 36 inches.

Property from the Collection of an American Corporation

Provenance:
The artist
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York
Linda Hyman Fine Arts, New York
Carey Ellis Company, Houston, Texas

Exhibited:
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catalogue of Paintings in the Portrait of America Exhibition: Conducted by Artists-for-Victory, Inc. ... Competition Inaugurated and Prize Money Donated by Pepsi Cola Company, 1944, no. 91

Condition Report

Surface dirt. Strip lined. Scattered inpainting in the sky and localized inpainting in the buildings and along the edges of the canvas. Wear and some separation to the canvas along the extreme edges. Localized areas of cracking to the paint. Localized areas of thin paint application.

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