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Fernando Amorsolo Y Cueto (1892-1972) Lavandera, 1958
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Fernando Amorsolo Y Cueto (1892-1972)
Oil on canvas, framed, signed at the lower right F. Amorsolo and dated 1958.
17 5/8 x 13 5/8in (44.8 x 34.7cm) sight
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Provenance:
collection of Harold M. Bixby (1890-1965), thereafter by descent
acquired from J. Assenheim & Son, New York
Harold M. Bixby was an aviation pioneer. After helping Charles Lindbergh to finance an aircraft capable of making the first crossing of the Atlantic, Bixby coined the name "Spirit of St. Louis" for this plane. Bixby went on to work for Pan American Airways (Pan Am) from 1933 until 1955, working closely with the China National Air Corporation, a subsidiary of Pan Am, to negotiate passenger and airmail routes in China, and ultimately bring the "China Clipper" service to the Orient. Bixby first went to Manila on August 14, 1933 on the first survey flight (Shanghai to Hong Kong, and Hong Kong to Manila, 17 hours flying time) with China National Air Corporation. His involvement with Manila spanned the years 1933 through 1938. The Bixby family ultimately established a residence in Baguio in August 1937 (when the family was forced to flee Shanghai by the Japanese invasion) and returned to the United States in the spring of 1938. Bixby became familiar with Amorsolo's work during his sojourn in Manila.
Bixby purchased the current lot from J. Assenheim & Son Gallery in New York City in the 1950's, near the end of his career with Pan Am.














