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REGINALD MARSH Portrait Studies of John Sloan.
Pen and ink on cream laid paper, 1949. 228x308 mm; 9x12 1/8 inches. Inscribed "for New Yorker Magazine Profile," dated, dedicated, and signed by the artist in ink, lower sheet edge recto, and signed and dedicated "To Doug Downie" in ink by John Sloan, lower recto.
The current work by Marsh (1898-1954) was used as a study for Sloan's (1871-1951) profile in the New Yorker, May 7, 1949, pages 36-51, by Robert M. Coates.
Provenance: Gift of the artist and sitter to Douglas Downie, New York; thence by descent, circa 1951; sold Nye and Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey, July 20, 2022, lot 83; private collection, New York.
Douglas Downie was a newspaper editor for the New York Post and an amateur artist, participating in the Newspaper Guild of New York's annual art shows.
