Guy Carleton Wiggins (American, 1883-1962). Winter in Wall Street. Oil on canvasboard. 16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm). ...

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Guy Carleton Wiggins (American, 1883-1962)
Winter in Wall Street
Oil on canvasboard
16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
Signed lower right: Guy Wiggins
Signed, titled, and inscribed on the reverse: Winter in / Wall Street / Guy Wiggins N.A.

PROVENANCE:
Hilda Wilder Cooper, Dallas;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1992.

"One cold, blustering, snowy winter day ... I was in my New York studio trying to paint a summer landscape... Suddenly I saw what was before me-an elevated railroad track... When I gave an exhibition a short time afterward, the winter canvases were sold before anything else. In a week... I was established as a painter of city winter scenes."

- Guy C. Wiggins, recalling the origin of his NYC winterscapes, quoted from a 1924 Detroit News interview (as documented by Rehs Galleries, www.rehs.com)


More information about Guy Carleton Wiggins. See also: Wiggins, Guy Carleton, Wiggins, Guy, Wiggins, Guy C. Artist.



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