Nov 12, 2020 - Sale 2550

Sale 2550 - Lot 282

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?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 (1897-1946) 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.