Birger Sandzén (American, 1871-1954). Early Fall, Study of Cottonwood--Trees and Water, 1922. Oil on board. 11 x 14 inch...

Description

Birger Sandzén (American, 1871-1954)
Early Fall, Study of Cottonwood--Trees and Water, 1922
Oil on board
11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Signed lower right: Birger Sandzén
Signed, titled, and inscribed on the reverse: Early Fall / Lindsborg Kans. / Birger Sandzén / Lindsborg Ks

Property from a Palm Beach Estate

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Kansas;
Charles Thomas McGinley, by descent from the above;
William A. Karges Fine Art, Carmel, California;
Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida;
Estate of the above.

On May 26, 1922, Sandzén noted he sent Early Fall, Study of Cottonwood-Trees and Water to Alfred Fowler at the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City. (Fowler was a collector and also organized the Woodcut Society in 1932 that Sandzén supported.)

We wish to thank Cori Sherman North, Curator of the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas, for her invaluable cataloguing assistance. This painting is recorded as #658 in the Sandzén card catalogue of the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery.


More information about Birger Sandzén. See also: Sandzen, Birger, Sandzen, Birger, Sandzén, Sven Birger Artist.



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