Jan 27, 2022 - Sale 2593

Sale 2593 - Lot 75

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

BERTRAM HARTMAN (1882-1960)


Repairs on a Steeple.
Oil on canvas. 915x685 mm; 36x27 inches. Signed in oil, lower center recto.

Provenance: [Doyle, New York, February 28, 2007, lot 3018]; Private collection, New York.

In 1939, Hartman completed his mural, View from Johnson's Bluff,for the Dayton Post Office, Dayton, TN. The mural is still in place, however the post office facilities are now used to house Dayton Water and Electric. This project was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, (TSFA).