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Join us for one of our most important offerings of the year featuring original works by major American artists, a selection of fine prints, and the presentation of two recently discovered artist's estates.
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LOT 23:
LOUIS FREUND (1905-1999) ARKANSAS REGIONALIST TOWN VIEW
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Sold for: $9,500
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Estimated price :
$3,000 - $4,000
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LOUIS FREUND (1905-1999) ARKANSAS REGIONALIST TOWN VIEW
Harry Louis Freund (1905-1999)
Below the Crescent Hotel
Circa 1930s
The prototypical 1930s American Scene image of Regionalist identity depicts the stately and elegant Crescent Hotel above a time-worn and somewhat dilapidated neighborhood of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The work is signed lower right front and displayed in a nicely suited contemporary frame.
At about the time this picture was made, Louis Freund was, in his own words, working, 'As a Works Progress Administration painter in Arkansas in 1936 with a $40 Model T Ford and a grant of $76 a month for expenses, I drove to the Ozarks and Missouri and made pictures of a way of life which was rapidly disappearing. The works were sent to Washington to decorate government offices, and hospital rooms later.' The artist went on to recall of this period, 'Under government-sponsored competitions, I was awarded $20 per square foot to paint murals in small post offices in three states to commemorate local history.' Two of those murals he mentions were in Arkansas.
Later, from 1939 to 1946, he was a Resident Artist and then Art Department Head (1941-1946) at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. He also founded an artist colony and school in picturesque Eureka Springs.
Sight size measures 23.5 x 19.5 with a framed size of 31.5 x 27 inches.
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Condition: Very good original untouched condition. There are no issues of major scratches, losses, repairs, in-painting or touch-up, confirmed under UV light examination.
