Live Auction 4555Christie's Interiors
Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American, 1882-1934)
Lot 459

Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American, 1882-1934)

Portrait of Peggie Polk

Closed28 February 2012

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GBP 1,875

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Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American, 1882-1934)
Portrait of Peggie Polk
signed and dated 'Gerrit A Beneker/1927' (lower right) and signed, inscribed and dated 'PEGGIE POLK/by Gerrit A. Beneker AUG. 1927' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24¼ x 20 1/8 in. (61.6 x 51.2 cm.)

with The Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts.

Specialist note

Beneker was an idealist whose mission was to create art that would inspire and honour the American working man. His subjects were the working men on the bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers of early twentieth century America, and their families.