May 20, 2021 - Sale 2569

Sale 2569 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 4,940
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
CLARENCE HOLBROOK CARTER (1904 - 2000, AMERICAN)
i) Pipeline, ii) Plowing, iii) Coal.

i) Watercolor on paper, 1955. 8 3/4x11 1/4 inches. Signed, Clarence H. Carter, and dated, 55, lower right.

ii) Watercolor on paper, 1955. 229x279 mm; 9x11 inches. Signed, Clarence H. Carter, and dated, 55, lower left.

iii) Watercolor on paper, 1955. 191x273 mm; 7 1/2x10 3/4 inches. Signed, Clarence H. Carter, and dated, 55, upper right.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the current owner.

These three works were commissioned by The First National City Bank of New York, and used in their marketing publications. The bank commissioned many leading American artists to contribute to their publications, Clarence Carter and Walter Tandy Murch amongst the short list of most frequent contributors.