Lot Essay
The present work features an inscription on the reverse of John Greenleaf Whittier's A Song of Harvest, written in 1859.
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The Gathering Cloud
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DALE WILLIAM NICHOLS (1904-1995)
The Gathering Cloud
signed and dated 'Dale Nichols 83' (lower left)—inscribed 'Give fools their gold/and knaves their power,/Let fortune's bubbles/rise and fall,/Who sows a field,/or trains a flower,/Or plants a tree, is more than all./Whittier/'A Song of Harvest'' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on canvas
30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1983.
The Gathering Cloud
signed and dated 'Dale Nichols 83' (lower left)—inscribed 'Give fools their gold/and knaves their power,/Let fortune's bubbles/rise and fall,/Who sows a field,/or trains a flower,/Or plants a tree, is more than all./Whittier/'A Song of Harvest'' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on canvas
30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1983.
Provenance
The artist.
Private collection, Nebraska, acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner from the above.
Private collection, Nebraska, acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner from the above.
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Quincie Dixon
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