Jun 04, 2015 - Sale 2386

Sale 2386 - Lot 286

Price Realized: $ 12,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
JARED FRENCH
Martha Graham.

Egg tempera and pencil on card, 1946. 274x230 mm; 10 3/4x9 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower left recto.

Ex-collection Paul Cadmus; Jon F. Anderson and Philis Raskind-Anderson, Connecticut.

Published in Panzetta, Jared French by Jared French, Turin, 2010, page 325, number F 25, as "Ritratto femminile."

Graham (1894-1991) was among the most influential American dancers and choreographers of the 20th century. In addition to revolutionizing modern dance, Graham collaborated with composers such as Aaron Copland, photographers such as Imogen Cunningham and Barbara Morgan, and visual artists such as Jared French. This work reveals the interdisciplanary nature of Jared French and Paul Cadmus's artistic circle at mid-century.