Thomas French Fine Art
John Steuart Curry (1897-1946)
Title: Untitled (Study for The Aerialists)
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date Of Execution: 1932
Dimensions: Sight: 21 x 17"
Signature: Signed lower right in pencil: "John Steuart Curry"; Dated: 1932 in pencil
Provenance:
Mrs. Kathleen Curry (artist’s widow)
Treadway Toomey Auction, Oak Park, Illinois, 2009
Don Joint, New York
References And Exhibitions:
Exhibited:
Schroeder Romero & Shredder, NYC (label), Master Drawings, Oct. 13, 2011-Nov. 12, 2011
Arkansas Arts Center (label), 44th Collector Show & Sale, Nov. 30-December 30, 2012, Offered at $22,000.
Note: This drawing is closely related to a painting by Curry entitled The Aerialists, 1932, once in the Erskine Collection, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is part of a group of preliminary drawings and three finished paintings executed by Curry around 1932 which were based on The Flying Cadonas. The painting The Flying Cadonas is an icon of American art purchased by the Whitney Museum of Art and now on permanent exhibition.
There are other know studies for these works illustrated in John Steuart Curry's Pageant of America, nos. 199 through 222 and in John Steuart Curry: Rural America, page 32 (Mongerson Wunderlich, Chicago, 1990.
Price: (US) $17,500.00
Inventory Number: FA9194
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