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Auction archive: Lot number 17

Caricature illustration by Arthur Dove

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 17

Caricature illustration by Arthur Dove

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Graphite, pen, ink and watercolor wash drawing. Image: 29.3x22.8 cm (11½x9"); sheet approx. 40.5x34.3 cm (16x13½"). Signed with the initials of the artist. Arthur Dove is often referred to as the First American abstract painter. The present piece is a significant departure from that style. An illustration for Edgar Wallace's short story "The Education of King Peter" first published in McClure's Magazine Volume 35, New York, 1910. Dove depicts the British Colonial Administrator, Bailman, tapping the chest of the African chief of the Akasava tribe, insisting, according to Wallace's story, that the chief return the women and goats which they took from the Ochori. A partially printed label identifies the drawing as "No. 17670 / Article: Education of King Peter / A.G. Dove / Pub. in May 1910 No."

Auction archive: Lot number 17
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Graphite, pen, ink and watercolor wash drawing. Image: 29.3x22.8 cm (11½x9"); sheet approx. 40.5x34.3 cm (16x13½"). Signed with the initials of the artist. Arthur Dove is often referred to as the First American abstract painter. The present piece is a significant departure from that style. An illustration for Edgar Wallace's short story "The Education of King Peter" first published in McClure's Magazine Volume 35, New York, 1910. Dove depicts the British Colonial Administrator, Bailman, tapping the chest of the African chief of the Akasava tribe, insisting, according to Wallace's story, that the chief return the women and goats which they took from the Ochori. A partially printed label identifies the drawing as "No. 17670 / Article: Education of King Peter / A.G. Dove / Pub. in May 1910 No."

Auction archive: Lot number 17
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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