DEAN CORNWELL (American, 1892-1960). The Desert Healer, Cosmopolitan magazine story illustration, November 1922. Oil on ...

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DEAN CORNWELL (American, 1892-1960)
The Desert Healer, Cosmopolitan magazine story illustration, November 1922
Oil on canvas
36 x 30 in.
Signed lower right

This lushly painted masterpiece from Cornwell's peak period illustrates a dramatic scene from E.M. Hull's story The Desert Healer. Caption in the printed version reads: "Don't make a tragedy out of it!" cried Lord Geradine angrily. "We're married and there's an end of it."

EXHIBITED:
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, "Southern California Artists: 1890-1940", July 10-August 28, 1979 (label verso).

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