Live Auction 2561Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935)
Lot 16

Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935)

This Simple Faith Has Made America Great

Closed16 May 2012

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Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935)
This Simple Faith Has Made America Great
signed 'Jessie Willcox Smith' (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted by 1919.

Private collection.
By descent.
Thomas Frank Mankiewicz.
Estate of the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

This Simple Faith Has Made America Great was published as a poster advertisement by the Interchurch World Movement in 1919.