Paul Cadmus (1904-1999)
Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection
Paul Cadmus (1904-1999)

Regatta: A Study

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Paul Cadmus (1904-1999)
Regatta: A Study
signed 'Cadmus' (lower right)
ink and wash on paper
5½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.9 cm.), image; 6¾ x 10 in. (17.1 x 25.4 cm.), sheet
Executed in 1935.
Provenance
Private collection, Georgia.
DC Moore Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2003.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a study for one of six paintings produced in 1935 and 1936 on the theme "Aspects of Suburban Life." Commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project, these works were intended as studies for murals for the United States Post Office in Port Washington, New York. Ultimately, these satirical works were deemed too risqué for installation. In 1978, the four panels went to the National Arts Collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the drawings, which include the present work, went to private collections.

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