Live Auction 20979Modern American Art
DALE WILLIAM NICHOLS (1904-1995)
Lot 138

DALE WILLIAM NICHOLS (1904-1995)

Amidst the Glaciers

Closed21 April 2023

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USD 88,200

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DALE WILLIAM NICHOLS (1904-1995)
Amidst the Glaciers
signed and dated 'Dale Nichols 41' (lower right)
oil on canvas
27 x 30 in. (68.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1941.

The artist.
Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1940s.
Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia, by descent from the above.
Christie's, New York, 22 May 2014, lot 90, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

In the 1940s, Dale Nichols lived in a cabin in Moose Pass, Alaska, near Seward, and Amidst the Glaciers likely depicts a lake in that region of the Last Frontier. Depicting the awesome beauty of the snow-capped mountains and icy blue lakes of Alaska, the present work is a striking example of the artist's signature geometric realism.