Reginald Marsh "Coney Island Acrobats", 1943

Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954), "Coney Island Acrobats", Watercolor with Pen and Ink on Paper, 1943, signed and dated lower right, Estate of William Benton, The University of Arizona, and Christie's labels to reverse, wood frame. Image: 17.5" H x 3" W; frame: 19.25" H x 19.75" W x 0.75" D. Provenance: Senator William Benton, Southport, CT. Property from the Louis Benton Wagner Trust. Christie's, New York, 3 October 2001, Lot 146. From a Westchester County Estate. Exhibitions: Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Museum of Art, "East Side, West Side, All Around Town: Reginald Marsh Retrospective, 9 March to 6 April 1969, no. 115. Keywords: Paintings, Drawings, Works on Paper, Figural, Figurative, Couple, Social Realism, Sketch, Study, American Modernism, 20th Century Art, Modern Art

Condition
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