Jun 15, 2017 - Sale 2452

Sale 2452 - Lot 135

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
GIFFORD BEAL
Equestrian Act.

Gouache and watercolor on thick, cream wove paper. 238x495 mm; 9 3/8x19 1/2 inches. Signed in watercolor, lower right recto. Ex-collection Kraushaar Galleries, New York, with the original label.

Beal (1879-1956) was a prominent American painter who studied under William Merritt Chase and was also greatly influenced by Childe Hassam. After taking classes of Impressionist painting at the Art Students League, New York, Beal served as the school's president from 1914 to 1929.