$23,000
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists
Auction: December 8, 2019 2:00:00 PM EDT
Oil on canvasboard
11 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (30.2 x 35.2cm)
Executed circa 1930.
Provenance: Kraushaar Galleries, New York, New York.
Private Collection, New York, New York.
NOTE:
The present painting loosely follows the composition of Back of Nude, a late work by the artist now in the collection of the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art. The subject, along with the tight crop, and deliberate pastel-like brushwork is highly reminiscent of Glackens's admiration for the French Impressionists, especially Edgar Degas who depicted countless nudes à leur toilette, sometimes next to a tub or as shown here, drying their hair.