Lot 262
262
Property from the Collection of HARRIET AND MORTIMER SPILLER, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)

The Circus

Details
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)
The Circus
signed 'Reginald Marsh' lower right
watercolor and ink on paper
17¼ x 11¼in. (43.8 x 28.6cm.)
Provenance
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1964
Literature
The New Yorker, April 27, 1935, illus. (cover)
The Complete Book of Covers from The New Yorker 1925-1989, New York, 1989, p. 62, illus.
Exhibited
Utica, New York, Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, The Art Triangle: Artist, Dealer, Collector, March-April 1989, p. 59, illus. (This exhibition also travelled to Buffalo, New York, Burchfield Art Center, May-June 1989)

Lot Essay

This picture, highlighting Ringling Brothers May visit to Madison Square Garden, was illustrated on the cover of The New Yorker on April 27, 1935 representing the only cover illustration for The New Yorker that Marsh ever completed.