His work is beyond rare. This piece is the Curricanti Needle, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River in the state of Colorado painted 107 years ago in 1916. The last image is a photo taken from the approximate location Clay painted this painting.
ELEGANT EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH ANTIQUE WATERCOLOR PAINTING DEPICTING A DELICATE BOUQUET OF ROSES BEAUTIFULLY ARRANGED IN A TRANSLUCENT GLASS VASE. BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED WITH LUMINOUS COLOR, SUBTLE LIGHT, AND MASTERFUL BRUSHWORK. A SOPHISTICATED WORK THAT BRINGS CLASSIC EUROPEAN BEAUTY TO ANY DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION. THIS WORK IS SIGNED AND DATED 1916. PERHAPS YOU RECOGNIZE THE ARTIST? GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR AS SHOWN. DIMENSIONS INCLUDING THE FRAME: 20”H x 18”W DIMENSIONS WITHOUT THE FRAME: 11” W x 13” H
More modern framing professionally done in Kansas. Unsure of the origins of the painting or artist. I just bought to resell but personally love the little person pictured in the painting. Makes you wonder where they were going on that cold snowy night. Anyhow I’m completely open to offers and multiple forms of shipping available. Thanks for looking!
This c. 1916 oil painting on canvas is signed Mary E Kendrik 1916 and features a charming, barefoot young child in tattered clothing, holding a newspaper and eating a piece of fruit. Knapp & Co. made a chromolithograph of this image titled » Our Newsboy» in 1893.