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Sturges, Dwight Case (American)
1874-1940
Description:
(1) "Yarns, 1930," etching, pencil
signed l/r, signed/dated 1930 in the plate,
l/l, numbered 6/75, 10" x 12.5"
plate, 16" 19.25" frame.
Condition: Very good. Light toning.consistent with age.
(2) "Formerly of the Bench, 1932,"
etching, pencil signed l/r, inscribed
"to
Mr. and Mrs. Lord" l/l,
9 1/8"
x 10 1/4" plate, 12"
x 14"
sheet.
Condition: Excellent.
$ 295.00
inclusive of S/H/I*
(3)"New England Granny," etching and
drypoint, signed l/r, numbered
14/100 l/l,
signed/dated 1928 in the plate,
9.25"
x 11", 15.5" x 16.5"
mat.
Condition: Very good.
$ 245.00
inclusive of S/H/I*
(4) Boy Violinist, etching, pencil signed l/r,
10.25" x 12.75" sheet, unframed.
Condition: Fair to Good. A heavy crease intrudes the
plate at the upper right corner and there
is a cut of 1/4" in the margin above
he crease. There has been a tiny paper repair
in the lower right quandrant, also - observable
only on close examination.
Biography: Sturges studied at Cowles Art School Boston
and was a member of the Chicago
Society of
Etchers, the Canadian Society of Etchers, the Concord
Art Association and the American
Federation
of Arts. . His work is in the collections of the Boston
Museum of Fine Art, the Art Institute
of
Chicago, the National Gallery,
the New York
Public Library, the Toledo Museum,
the Fogg
Museum, the Farnsworth Art Museum,
and the
Los Angeles Museum.
Beginning around 1910, Sturgis
devoted himself
almost exclusively to the art
of etching.
Awards from the Chicago Society
of Etchers
and the Pan Pacific Exposition
in San Francisco
in 1915 brought the artist wide
attention.
During the 1920s, he won strong
international
aclaim for both his figure studies
and landscapes,
his work was published by the
influential
Kennedy Galleries, Fifth Avenue,
New York.
All were published in editions
of 100 or
less.
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information, please e-mail.
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shipment outside the continental United States.
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