Bidspirit auction | AMERICAN WADE REYNOLDS OIL ON

AMERICAN WADE REYNOLDS OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING CIRCA 1970 - Wade Reynolds (American, 1929–2011), oil on canvas, titled End of the Wall. Executed in a Magic Realist figurative style, the composition portrays a solitary barefoot figure dressed in a black-and-white diamond-patterned harlequin costume with a pleated neck ruff and cuffs, crouching in profile on an open sandy expanse beside a stepped masonry perimeter extending toward an ocean shoreline under an azure sky. The work is signed lower right ”Wade Reynolds”, with the reverse upper wooden stretcher bar hand-inscribed in black script ”#344 End of the Wall 20x30 By WADE Reynolds.” and stamped ”MADE IN SWEDEN”. The canvas is housed in a molded frame featuring a distressed finish and gilt fillet. Commedia dell'arte, Pierrot, theatrical portrait, mid-century modernism, coastal landscape, pantomime, jester, circus performer Dimensions Frame: 28 x 38 in. Image: 20 x 30 in. Condition The paint surface remains stable and taut, displaying faint surface soiling and minor scattered abrasions. No tears, punctures, or planar distortions are visible to the canvas, which exhibits faint oxidation and light spotting verso. The molded frame shows minor edge rubbing and light corner wear. Overall condition is consistent with age.