Lot Essay
The present work most likely depicts Rockport, Massachusetts.
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Property from a Southern Collection
Gifford Beal (1879-1956)
Gray Gale
Details
Gifford Beal (1879-1956)
Gray Gale
signed 'Gifford Beal' (lower center)
oil on canvas
18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Gray Gale
signed 'Gifford Beal' (lower center)
oil on canvas
18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Provenance
Kraushaar Galleries, New York.
James and Margaret Smith, Louisville, Kentucky, acquired from the above, 1968.
By descent to the present owners.
James and Margaret Smith, Louisville, Kentucky, acquired from the above, 1968.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
Storm King Art Center, Gifford Beal: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Etchings, exhibition catalogue, Mountainville, New York, 1968, illustrated.
J.B. Speed Art Museum, The James and Margaret Smith Collection, exhibition catalogue, Louisville, Kentucky, 1971, no. 7.
Eastern Kentucky University, Centennial Exhibition: A Century of American Painting, exhibition catalogue, Richmond, Kentucky, 1974, p. 8, no. 4.
J.B. Speed Art Museum, The James and Margaret Smith Collection, exhibition catalogue, Louisville, Kentucky, 1971, no. 7.
Eastern Kentucky University, Centennial Exhibition: A Century of American Painting, exhibition catalogue, Richmond, Kentucky, 1974, p. 8, no. 4.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Painting in the United States, 1945, October 11-December 9, 1945.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum, 1953.
Lodi, California, San Joaquin Museum, 1953.
Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, 1953.
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Art Institute, 1953.
Claremont, California, Scripps College, 1954.
New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1956-57.
Mountainville, New York, Storm King Art Center, Gifford Beal: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Etchings, June 29-August 25, 1968.
Louisville, Kentucky, J.B. Speed Art Museum, The James and Margaret Smith Collection, March 2-28, 1971, no. 7.
Richmond, Kentucky, The Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Centennial Exhibition: A Century of American Paintings, January 13-February 8, 1974, no. 4.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum, 1953.
Lodi, California, San Joaquin Museum, 1953.
Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, 1953.
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Art Institute, 1953.
Claremont, California, Scripps College, 1954.
New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1956-57.
Mountainville, New York, Storm King Art Center, Gifford Beal: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Etchings, June 29-August 25, 1968.
Louisville, Kentucky, J.B. Speed Art Museum, The James and Margaret Smith Collection, March 2-28, 1971, no. 7.
Richmond, Kentucky, The Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Centennial Exhibition: A Century of American Paintings, January 13-February 8, 1974, no. 4.