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DANIEL CELENTANO Group of 5 illustrations.
Couple in Barn, white chalk on smooth black drawing paper. Signed in white chalk, lower left * Mother Love, pen and ink, pencil and wash on smooth cream wove paper, 1937. Signed and dated in ink, lower right and titled in pencil, lower right. With a pencil study of the same subject, verso * Bread Line, pencil and black colored pencil on tan wove paper. Signed in pencil, lower left * Portrait of a Man in a Hat, pencil on smooth tan wove paper, 1933. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right * Jesus Nailed to the Cross", pen and ink, 1948. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Various sizes and conditions.
At the age of 12, Celentano was Thomas Hart Benton's first and youngest student. He attended Parsons School of Design and the National Academy of Design, both in New York. His work often focused on the New York Italian neighborhood where he lived. He exhibited at many major museums as an accomplished American Scene painter during the WPA and WWII era.
