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Sketch for “Portrait of Fred Conway”

Date
1949
Material
Charcoal
Classification
Drawings & watercolors
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
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.

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