Live Auction 2786Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session
David Park (1911-1960)
Lot 130 Property From the Collection of Robert Weston

David Park (1911-1960)

Untitled (Portrait of Tom Jefferson)

Closed16 May 2013

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USD 171,750

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David Park (1911-1960)
Untitled (Portrait of Tom Jefferson)
signed and dated 'Park 57' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (62.5 x 21.9 cm.)
Painted in 1957.

J. Thomas Jefferson, Berkeley
Robert Weston, Los Angeles
Charlene VanWechel, Mesa, AZ, by descent from the above
By descent from the above to the present owner, Vancouver, WA

Specialist note

"I think of painting-in fact all the arts-as a sort of extension of human life. The very same things that we value most, the ideals of humanity, are the properties of the arts. The words that come to mind are many-energy, wisdom, courage, delight, humor, sympathy, gentleness, honesty, peace, freedom-I believe most artists are goaded by a vision of making their work vivid and alive with such qualities. I believe this is the undercurrent of the artist's energy."
David Park, quoted in exh. cat., San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1959, n.p.