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LAURA WHEELER WARING (1887 - 1948) Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France.
Oil on board, circa 1925. 165x215 mm; 6 1/2x8 1/2 inches. Signed, titled, and inscribed with the artist's studio address "756 N. 43rd St., Philadelphia, PA" in ink, frame back.
Provenance: private collection, Philadelphia.
Exhibited: Black Matri-Images, Morgan State College Gallery of Art (now known as the James E. Lewis Museum of Art), Baltimore, MD, December 3, 1972 - January 15, 1973, with gallery label on the frame back.
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France is an impressionistic painting by Laura Wheeler Waring completed while she was traveling through southwestern France. Completed the same year as The Houses of Semur, 1925, this work is of a hilly and very scenic commune in the Pyrénées foothills. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port was a popular stop for pilgrims en route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
