EVERETT SHINN (1876 1953) By the Fire

Sale 2678 - Lot 39

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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 8,000

EVERETT SHINN (1876-1953)
By the Fire.

Charcoal on paper, 1906. 340x270 mm; 13⅜x10⅝ inches. Signed and dated lower left.

Provenance
Vance Jordan Fine Art, Inc., New York (label).
Sotheby's, New York, December 19, 2003, lot 1003.
Sotheby's, New York, March 6, 2019, lot 74.
Private collection, Pennsylvania.

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Everett Shinn began his career, like many of his near contemporaries and fellow artists, including John Sloan and Edward Hopper, as an illustrator. He worked initially in Philadelphia, became friends with Sloan and Robert Henri, and moved to New York in 1897 to continue working as an illustrator. As his career as a fine artist progressed, Shinn became best known for street scenes and theatrical subjects, regarding the theatre as a place of satisfying illusion. His best works effectively captured a slice of American urban life in the first decades of the 20th century, in both a realist and a romantic spirit.