$15,405
Marion Huse (American, 1896-1967) Saturday Morning Signed "Marion Huse" l. r., identified on an exhibition label affixed to the back of the frame. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 in. (91.5 x 106.7 cm), framed. Condition: Scattered retouch, minor paint losses, craquelure. Provenance: By descent in the artist's family to the Fuller Museum of Art (Gift of the artist's husband, Dr. Robert Barstow), Brockton, MA, to the New Britain Museum of American Art. Exhibitions: Marion Huse, An Artist's Evolution , Brockton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial, Brockton, MA, June 2 - August 25, 1985. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Marion Huse, An Artist's Evolution (Brockton: Brockton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial, 1985), 43-44, cat. no. 23, illus. p. 44. N.B. The catalogue entry from the above-mentioned 1985 retrospective exhibition locates this scene as a the view from the artist's studio in North Pownal, Vermont, and dates the painting c. 1934. The retouch is scattered dashes. The losses are primarily near the frame's rabbet, but there are several small (less than 1/4 inch) scattered about. The largest is near the upper edge towards the right. The craquelure is stable.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-05-20
