$1,185
Marion Huse (American, 1896-1967) Young Man with a Violin (Antonio Battista) Unsigned, identified on a label affixed to the frame backing. Oil on artist board, 16 x 12 in. (40.5 x 30.5 cm), framed. Condition: Scattered retouch. Provenance: By descent in the artist's family to the Fuller Museum of Art (Gift of the artist's husband, Dr. Robert Barstow), Brockton, Massachusetts, to the New Britain Museum of American Art. Literature: Marion Huse, An Artist's Evolution , Exhibition Catalogue (Brockton, MA: Brockton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial, 1985), p. 35, cat. 10, illus. (b&w). Exhibitions: Brockton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial, Brockton, Massachusetts, Marion Huse, An Artist's Evolution, June 2-August 25, 1985. N.B. The sitter, Antonio Battista, was a student at the Springfield Art School in Massachusetts, which was founded by Marion Huse in the fall of 1925. "Tony" assisted Huse with odd jobs around the studio and occasionally modeled, and Huse painted him on several occasions. This example likely dates from 1937.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-02-03
