Mar 05, 2015 - Sale 2375

Sale 2375 - Lot 279

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JOHN STEUART CURRY
Our Good Earth.

Lithograph, 1942. 325x260 mm; 12 3/4x10 1/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 250. Signed in pencil, lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. A very good impression.

This lithograph is based on a mural series that Curry created for the Kansas State Capitol, Topeka, 1937. These murals were divided into three themes: the settlement of Kansas (depicting the conquistadors and plainsmen); the homesteaders (which included John Brown); and pastoral prosperity or representations of modern Kansas (the current lot). Cole 36.