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Description

Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953)
The Ventriloquist, 1927
Oil on canvas
36 x 29 inches (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Everett Shinn / 1927

PROVENANCE:
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1959;
Muriel and Philip Berman Collection, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1966-1967;
Private collection, New York.

EXHIBITED:
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, "Loan Exhibition from the Muriel and Philip Berman Collection, Allentown, Pennsylvania," 1966-1967, no. 58;
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, New York, "Art and Entertainment," November 18, 2007-February 3, 2008.


More information about Everett Shinn. See also: Shinn, Everett, Shinn, Everett L. Artist.



Condition Report*: Glue lined; Canvas is slightly slack; stretcher bar lines visible;
Concentrated craquelure, most noticeable under close inspection of the upper right side; Small concentrated dots of soiling in the top right corner; One, 1/5 inch scratch above the right figures head, noticeable under raking light; One, 1 inch patch to the lower center, under the figures hand, with accompanying inpaint; Under UV light, few scattered pinpoint size dots of inpaint.
Framed Dimensions 47 X 40 Inches
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December, 2020
3rd Thursday
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