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Guy Carleton Wiggins(1883-1962)Wall Street in Winter 25 x 30in
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Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962)
signed 'Guy Wiggins' (lower right), signed again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 x 30in
Footnotes
Provenance
Joseph S. Trovato, by 1994.
R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1997.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2005.
Exhibited
(probably) Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, circa 1994.
New York, Joan Whalen Fine Art, Wiggins, Wiggins & Wiggins, October 28-December 31, 1998, p. 9, fig. 17, illustrated.
Beginning in the 1920s, Guy Carleton Wiggins turned his works' focus to depicting snow scenes in New York City, a subject which garnered great popularity and commercial success for the artist. Wall Street in Winter is a large-scale example of one of Wiggins' favored scenes in lower Manhattan. At the right of the composition is Federal Hall and the monument to George Washington (1732-1799), on the steps where he was sworn in as the first President. Trinity Church is at the upper center, seen through a stormy haze in the background. Flags adorn the buildings along either side of Wall Street, vibrantly contrasting against the muted buildings and stormy sky. Flecks of falling snow painted in Impressionistic brushwork envelop the canvas and capture the fleeting atmosphere of the scene.
























