09-27-201709-28-2017
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3029BBoston
September 27, 2017 12:00 PMCalender
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Philip Evergood (American, 1901-1973) Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3029BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 27, 2017 4:00PM

Description:

Philip Evergood (American, 1901-1973)

Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens
Signed "Philip Evergood" l.r., titled and identified in inscriptions on the stretcher, titled and dated ".../ca. 1930" on a label from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, affixed to the frame backing.
Oil on canvas, 14 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (35.9 x 51.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure and small paint losses to edges, heavy surface grime.

Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Sotheby's New York Arcade, December 12, 1990, Lot 205; Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

The craquelure is very minor and only evident in areas of thicker paint application.

The label from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, as well as inscriptions on the frame and the frame backing, indicate the museum number "66.1846." An unattributed registration label is also affixed to the frame.


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Terry Dintenfass Inc., Washington, DC