Donald Roller Wilson (b. 1938) Richard Would Occ
Donald Roller Wilson (b. 1938) Richard Would Occasionally Become Nostalgic and Sneak Into The Area Underneath Brenda's Front Porch At The Farm, 1982 Oil on canvas 37-1/2 x 16 inches (95.3 x 40.6 cm) (frame) Signed and dated with a white heart upper right: Donald Roller Wilson / 1982 PROVENANCE: The artist; Private collection, Arkansas. NOTE: The full title of the work reads as follows: RICHARD WOULD OCCASIONALLY BECOME NOSTALGIC AND SNEAK INTO THE AREA UNDERNEATH BRENDA'S FRONT PORCH AT THE FARM (TO THE SPOT WHERE HELEN SLEPT AND STASHED HER KEEPSAKES)...(ACTUALLY, WHERE ALL THE CHILDREN SLEPT AND STASHED)... HE WOULD "BORROW" HER MISS DOG AMERICA CROWN AND TRY IT ON...MAINLY TO SEE IF WEARING IT MIGHT JOG HIS MEMORY CONCERNING WHERE HE HAD COME FROM...(ACTUALLY, WHERE ALL THE CHILDREN HAD COME FROM)... NONE KNEW, THOUGH NAUGHTY BETTY HAD ALWAYS MAINTAINED SHE REMEMBERED SOMETHING OR OTHER ABOUT BEING BLOWN UP AND OUT A CHIMNEY - SOME KIND OF LONG TUNNEL...SOMETHING LIKE THAT? PLUS, SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A MOTHER (OF SORTS)...THAT THE MOTHER NEVER CAME OUT OF HER ROOM...THAT SHE HAD A SEWING MACHINE IN THERE...SOMETHING LIKE THAT... WHO NOSE? THE DOG KNOWS! HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Condition Report: Work is in artist made frame. Mild surface soiling to the frame. There is a crack through the center pillar of the frame just above the painting and below the bow; the crack is visible on all sides. There are no apparent condition issues to the canvas.
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Donald Roller Wilson (b. 1938) Richard Would Occasionally Become Nostalgic and Sneak Into The Area Underneath Brenda's Front Porch At The Farm, 1982 Oil on canvas 37-1/2 x 16 inches (95.3 x 40.6 cm) (frame) Signed and dated with a white heart upper right: Donald Roller Wilson / 1982 PROVENANCE: The artist; Private collection, Arkansas. NOTE: The full title of the work reads as follows: RICHARD WOULD OCCASIONALLY BECOME NOSTALGIC AND SNEAK INTO THE AREA UNDERNEATH BRENDA'S FRONT PORCH AT THE FARM (TO THE SPOT WHERE HELEN SLEPT AND STASHED HER KEEPSAKES)...(ACTUALLY, WHERE ALL THE CHILDREN SLEPT AND STASHED)... HE WOULD "BORROW" HER MISS DOG AMERICA CROWN AND TRY IT ON...MAINLY TO SEE IF WEARING IT MIGHT JOG HIS MEMORY CONCERNING WHERE HE HAD COME FROM...(ACTUALLY, WHERE ALL THE CHILDREN HAD COME FROM)... NONE KNEW, THOUGH NAUGHTY BETTY HAD ALWAYS MAINTAINED SHE REMEMBERED SOMETHING OR OTHER ABOUT BEING BLOWN UP AND OUT A CHIMNEY - SOME KIND OF LONG TUNNEL...SOMETHING LIKE THAT? PLUS, SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A MOTHER (OF SORTS)...THAT THE MOTHER NEVER CAME OUT OF HER ROOM...THAT SHE HAD A SEWING MACHINE IN THERE...SOMETHING LIKE THAT... WHO NOSE? THE DOG KNOWS! HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Condition Report: Work is in artist made frame. Mild surface soiling to the frame. There is a crack through the center pillar of the frame just above the painting and below the bow; the crack is visible on all sides. There are no apparent condition issues to the canvas.
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