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Circle Auction is pleased to present our Fall 2024 Art & Antiques auction, a curated mix of fine art and objects from various distinguished collections. Highlights of the auction include various lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton, Birger Sandzen, and John Steuart Curry; oil paintings by Robert Sudlow, Janna Thomas de Valarde sterling dresser box, Doug Osa watercolor, Staffordshire figurines, art glass studio vases, sterling, a large collection of english 18th and 19th century furniture, antique oil paintings, and a significant Allan Houser bronze sculpture. Circle Auction info@circle-auction.com
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John Steuart Curry "Lady in Red Dress Clutching Papers" Oil on Canvas
Lot 24

John Steuart Curry "Lady in Red Dress Clutching Papers" Oil on Canvas

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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John Steuart Curry

(American, 1897-1946)

Lady in Red Dress Clutching Papers

Oil on canvas

36" x 24"

 

Signed to the bottom left corner. Cursive pencil inscription on the stretcher that appears to read "Miss Marvel - Jacket." The frame measures 44 1/2" x 32 1/2".

 

Kansas native John Steuart Curry is regarded as one of the three figureheads of Regionalist art, alongside his contemporaries Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. His works are held in numerous American institutions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Tragic Prelude, his mural for the Kansas State Capitol, stands as one of the most iconic images of Midwestern art.

Condition

The canvas has been loose-lined with a modern polyester lining for support (the original canvas and stretcher were retained and remain stable). The oil was professionally restored in 2005, including scattered in-painting, most concentrated along the upper left edge (there are no touch-ups to the 

Overall Dimensions
Height: 44.50 in
Width: 32.50 in
Depth: 2.00 in

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This work is referenced in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art's collected digital archives of the John Steuart Curry estate documents under the inventory number 39031 (matching an inventory number to reverse of the painting) and the title above, Lady in Red Dress Clutching Papers. From a private Kansas City collection, acquired from a Treadway sale.