Live Auction 2362Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)
Lot 108

George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)

Study for "The Picture Writer's Story"

Closed1 December 2010

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George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)
Study for "The Picture Writer's Story"
signed and inscribed 'To Aunt Fannie/From Geo. de F. Brush' (upper right)
pencil and ink on paper
6¾ x 11 in. (17.1 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1884.

The artist.
Mrs. Robert G. Lyle (Aunt Fannie), gift from the above.
Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York.

Specialist note

This drawing is a preparatory study for the oil painting, The Picture Writer's Story of 1884, presently in the Anschutz Collection, Denver, Colorado.