Charcoal sketch of fellow artist Sakari Suzuki while working on a Federal Art Project mural

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Charcoal sketch of fellow artist Sakari Suzuki while working on a Federal Art Project mural

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Sale 430: Decorative Arts, Architecture & Design with Original Artwork by Don Freeman (#430) 06/10/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/10/2010 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #21Charcoal sketch of fellow artist Sakari Suzuki while working on a Federal Art Project mural

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Sale 430: Decorative Arts, Architecture & Design with Original Artwork by Don Freeman (#430) 06/10/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/10/2010 1:00 PM PDT

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Title:

Charcoal sketch of fellow artist Sakari Suzuki while working on a Federal Art Project mural

Author:

Berntsen, B[ernard]

Date Published:

[1936-37]

Description:

Charcoal on paper, mounted to board. 21x16. Signed B. Berntsen in the bottom of the chair.

An original charcoal drawing by Bernard Berntsen who was employed along with Suzuki with the Federal Art Project, to paint a mural for the grand lobby of Willard Parker Hospital. Berntsen studied under Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry at the Arts Students League in New York from 1933-1935. This image shows Suzuki painting a beaker, as the mural was of doctors and scientists in a laboratory. The mural was destroyed when the hospital was demolished.

Condition:

Surface yellowed in a 1" margin along edges, and through the middle, from removed tape(?); good.

Item#:

211147

Headline:

charcoal sketch of Sakari Suzuki by Bern Bernsten
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