CARL E PICKHARDT JR (1908 2004) Preparing the Fish

Sale 2692 - Lot 204

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CARL E. PICKHARDT, JR. (1908 - 2004)

Preparing the Fish.
Oil on panel. 807x610 mm; 31¾x24 inches. Initialed upper right. Inscribed, Carl Pickhardt / 39 Union Sq. verso.

Bears Museum of Fine Arts Boston label with provenance number 41.475, upper left, verso.

Provenance
[Christies, New York, September 8, 2004, lot 29].
Private collection.

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After graduating from Harvard University in 1931, Pickhardt continued to study art and was awarded the university's prestigious Bacon Travel Fellowship in 1935 to extend his studies to Europe. The same year, he exhibited drawings at Jacques Seligmann Galleries in New York. After a brief move to New York, Pickhardt returned to Boston in 1940. He married the daughter of Fogg Museum director Edward W. Forbes in 1953. His later works were spontaneous abstractions and explore the randomness of movement.