CHARLES COURTNEY CURRAN (1861-1942)

Details

CHARLES COURTNEY CURRAN (1861-1942)

May Afternoon

signed Charles C. Curran and dated 1916, l.l.--oil on canvas
20¼ x 30 1/8in. (51.5 x 76.8cm.)

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Emily Curran, the artist's daughter
Kaycee Benton, Cragsmoor, New York
Pierce Galleries, Hingham, Massachusetts
Portland, Maine, Baridoff Galleries (Sale: April 7, 1979, lot 43)

Exhibited

New York, Salmagundi Club, Summer Exhibition, 1922
Cragsmoor, New York, Cragsmoor Firehouse Hall, Cragsmoor Artists Past and Present, 1885-1975, July 1975
Cragsmoor, New York, Cragsmoor Free Library, An Exhibition of Cragsmoor Artists, 1870s through 1930s, July 1976
Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925, June-Aug. 1982, pp. 26-27, illus. (This exhibition travelled to various locations, 1982-1987)
Youngstown, Ohio, Youngstown State University, The John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Oct. 1991-May 1992

Lot Essay

According to Kaycee Benton, this painting depicts the artist's daughter, Emily, on the grounds of the Cragsmoor Inn with the Shawangunk Mountains in the distance. Curran's Record Book states that the painting was also exhibited at the New York Public Library and at the Dayton Art Institute, with no dates given.