Lot Essay
There is another cloud study on the reverse of Cloud Patterns that is signed with initials and dated 'MD 1922'.
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Cloud Patterns Colorado Desert Colorado Desert
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Maynard Dixon (1875-1946)
Cloud Patterns
Colorado Desert
Colorado Desert
the first signed with initials and dated 'MD 1922' (lower left)
the second inscribed and dated 'Colo Desert 1923' (lower left)
the third dated and signed with initials 'Nov. Sept 1935 MD' (lower right)
the first and third: graphite on paper
the second: india ink on paper
the first: 5 1/8 x 6 in. (13 x 15.2 cm.)
the second: 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm.)
the third: 4¾ x 7 1/8 in. (12.1 x 18.1 cm.) (3)
Cloud Patterns
Colorado Desert
Colorado Desert
the first signed with initials and dated 'MD 1922' (lower left)
the second inscribed and dated 'Colo Desert 1923' (lower left)
the third dated and signed with initials 'Nov. Sept 1935 MD' (lower right)
the first and third: graphite on paper
the second: india ink on paper
the first: 5 1/8 x 6 in. (13 x 15.2 cm.)
the second: 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm.)
the third: 4¾ x 7 1/8 in. (12.1 x 18.1 cm.) (3)
Provenance
The artist.
Edith Hamlin, wife of the artist.
Rosenstock Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Edith Hamlin, wife of the artist.
Rosenstock Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Maynard Dixon Sketch Book, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1967, pp. 61-62 and 69, illustrated