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Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952)
Lot 57

Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952)

Troops Entering Ponce

Closed22 September 2015

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USD 10,000

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Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952)
Troops Entering Ponce
signed 'Howard Chandler Christy' (lower left)
gouache and watercolor on paper
28 x 19 in. (71.1 x 48.2 cm.)
Executed in 1898.

The artist.
Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1935.
Private collection, by descent, 1962.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Howard Chandler Christy was twenty-five when he was sent to Puerto Rico and Cuba as the chief illustrator for Leslie's Magazine to cover the Spanish American War. Christy’s series of Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Riders and other military personnel ran as an especially popular portfolio entitled Men of the Army and Navy in Collier's Weekly in 1899.