Lot Essay
This work was illustrated in the 1942 Hercules Powder Company calendar.
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Property from the Hercules Incorporated Collection
Dean Cornwell (1892-1960)
Shaping the Future
Details
Dean Cornwell (1892-1960)
Shaping the Future
signed 'Dean Cornwell' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on masonite
58 3/8 x 37¼ in. (148.2 x 94.6 cm.)
Shaping the Future
signed 'Dean Cornwell' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on masonite
58 3/8 x 37¼ in. (148.2 x 94.6 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by the present owner in 1941.
Exhibited
Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, Hercules Original Calendar Art From the Period 1918 to 1955, August-September 1990, illustrated (This exhibition also traveled to Wilmington, Delaware, Atrium of Hercules Plaza, November-December 1990)