Lot Essay
Painted in Gloucester.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
John Whorf (1903-1959)
Trap Fisherman, Foggy Morning
Details
John Whorf (1903-1959)
Trap Fisherman, Foggy Morning
signed and dated 'John Whorf 53' (lower right)--inscribed with title and 'note to Harold! This picture has never been properly shown and I think it is one of my best' (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
223/8 x 30¾ in. (56.8 x 78.2 cm.)
Trap Fisherman, Foggy Morning
signed and dated 'John Whorf 53' (lower right)--inscribed with title and 'note to Harold! This picture has never been properly shown and I think it is one of my best' (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
223/8 x 30¾ in. (56.8 x 78.2 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby-Parke Bernet, New York, February 22, 1978, lot 200.
John J. McDonough, Youngstown, Ohio, Sale: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1992, lot 42.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
John J. McDonough, Youngstown, Ohio, Sale: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1992, lot 42.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925, June-August 1982, pp. 96-77 (and traveling, 1982-1987).