Description:
Gifford Beal (American, 1879-1956)
Portrait Study in Blue(Esther Becker Goetz)
Signed "GIFFORD BEAL" l.r., identified on a gummed label on the back of the frame, with the artist's inventory number "1:1931" on a gummed label affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 1/4 in. (92.0 x 71.5 cm),in an original Heydenryk frame.
Condition: Lined, retouch.
Provenance: The artist to Mr. & Mrs. Philip Becker Goetz, Buffalo, New York (parents of the sitter); to Esther Goetz, New York; to a private New York collection; Doyle New York, Modern & Contemporary and European & American Art, November 12, 2008, lot 1262; to the current owner.
N.B. Born in 1907, Esther Goetz studied at The Art Students League under John Sloan while Gifford Beal was serving as president. The painting, done in 1930-31, is numbered as 1-31 in Beal's personal catalog. It is reported that Beal was intrigued by the young artist's defiant yet gentle personality which he sought to reflect in the portrait.
Estimate $1,200-1,800
Label from Artists Framing Co., Inc., New York, on the back of the frame.
Framed dimensions are 43 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches.
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Philip Becker Goetz, Esther Becker Goetz, Esther GoetzRobin S.R. Starr
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