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GIFFORD BEAL Flowering Tree, Figures.
Watercolor and pen and black ink on paper. 250x205 mm; 9 3/4x8 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto. Ex-collection the artist's estate; Kraushaar Galleries, New York, with the label on the frame back; and private collection, New York.
Gifford Beal (1879-1956) was a prominent American painter who exhibited two paintings in the Armory Show. Beal studied under William Merritt Chase and was also greatly influenced by Childe Hassam. After taking classes of Impressionist painting at the Art Students League, Beal served as their president from 1914 to 1929. Beal's Flowering Tree, Figures and The Lake, Central Park, New York (lot 216) are examples of the New York-centric Impressionist landscapes the artist is best known for.
