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Lot Description

Dean Cornwell

(American, 1892-1960)

Golden Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1925-1926

oil on canvas

initialed DC and dated illegibly (lower right); signed and titled (on the stretcher)

37 1/2 x 27 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:
The Artist
Ezra Winters, Falls Village, Connecticut, acquired from the Artist
Renata Hunter, Falls Village, Connecticut, by descent from the above, her father
Private Collection, acquired as a gift from the above

Exhibited:
(possibly) American Art Galleries, New York (partial label attached to stretcher)

Literature:
William Lyon Phelps, "The Golden Gate: Painting by Dean Cornwell," Good Housekeeping Magazine, June 1926, Vol. 82, No. 6

In 1925, Dean Cornwell visited the Holy Land and created several paintings, which were eventually used for various books and stories with Middle East and Biblical themes. The present lot was illustrated in the sixth of a series of articles about paintings of places in the Holy Land published by Good Housekeeping Magazine in 1926. The article was written by William Lyon Phelps to describe Christ entering Jerusalem through the famed gate on Palm Sunday.

Condition Report

Framed: 44 x 33 inches.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust, with more visible dust along the lower edge; canvas is not lined and somewhat loose on the stretcher; a small patch in the lower center verso, with a corresponding area of inpainting on the recto; two pinpoint paint losses along extreme upper left edge; one pinpoint paint loss in lower left corner, within brown; extreme lower left canvas corner is slightly bent and exhibits a small paint loss. Under UV light: inpainting within aforementioned area in lower center; small spots of inpainting scattered along lower edge; several lines of inpainting extending along extreme center left to lower left edge; pinpoint spots of inpainting in right wall of tower. Additional images available upon request.

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