Two Women Picked by Ike for Top Places (Third Avenue El)

Details

Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)
Two Women Picked by Ike for Top Places (Third Avenue El)
signed and dated 'Reginald Marsh 1952' (lower right)
oil on board
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Luce.
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, gift of the above, 1960.
Private collection, Los Angeles, California, 1966.

Literature

L. Goodrich, Reginald Marsh, New York, 1972, p. 281, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, 129th Annual Exhibition, April 1-25, 1954, no. 35.

Lot Essay

The title for the present work is seen in the headline of the newspaper in the lower right corner. The headline refers to President Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointments on November 25, 1952 of Oveta Culp Hobby as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and Ivy Baker Priest as United States Treasurer.

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