Sketch for “Portrait of Fred Conway”
- Depicted
- Fred Conway, American, 1900–1973
- Date
- 1949
- Material
- Charcoal
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 23 11/16 × 17 7/8 in. (60.2 × 45.4 cm)
framed: 31 1/2 × 26 × 1 3/8 in. (80 × 66 × 3.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Bequest of Joan C. Crancer
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 50:2021
Provenance
Mathilde Q. Beckmann (1904-1986), acquired from artist [1]
1982 - 2021
Lester A. Crancer, Jr. (1932–2007) and Joan Conway Crancer (1933-2020), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Mathilde Q. Beckmann, through agent Catherine Viviano, New York; Joan C. Crancer Irrevocable Trust [2]
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Joan C. Crancer [3]
Notes:
[1] Appraisal dated October 20, 2014 by Mary H. Carpenter [SLAM document files]
[2] Invoice dated March 15, 1982 from Catherine Viviano to Lester Crancer [SLAM document files]. Catherine Viviano acted as agent for Mathilde Q. Beckmann and sold works on consignment after closing her gallery in 1970.
[3] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Commissioners, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 3, 2021.
1982 - 2021
Lester A. Crancer, Jr. (1932–2007) and Joan Conway Crancer (1933-2020), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Mathilde Q. Beckmann, through agent Catherine Viviano, New York; Joan C. Crancer Irrevocable Trust [2]
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Joan C. Crancer [3]
Notes:
[1] Appraisal dated October 20, 2014 by Mary H. Carpenter [SLAM document files]
[2] Invoice dated March 15, 1982 from Catherine Viviano to Lester Crancer [SLAM document files]. Catherine Viviano acted as agent for Mathilde Q. Beckmann and sold works on consignment after closing her gallery in 1970.
[3] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Commissioners, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 3, 2021.
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