Jun 08, 2006 - Sale 2082

Sale 2082 - Lot 141A

Price Realized: $ 3,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
RALF CHRISTIAN HENRICKSEN
Two mural studies.

Sailor and Man in Suit, gouache on illustration board, circa 1939. 298x180 mm; 11 3/4x7 1/8 inches. Signed in watercolor, verso * Induction, gouache on cream wove paper, circa 1939. 290x174 mm; 11 3/86 7/8 inches.

Henricksen worked for the Federal Ats Projects creating murals for institutions in Illinois and Michigan. Recognized as archetypes of the period, several of the these monumental works have been recently restored. Henricksen received his M.F.A. from the Institute Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he was influenced by the work of Diego Rivera.