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Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) Girls on a Merry-Go-Round and Statue of Liberty: A Double-Sided Work 13 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (35.2 x 50.5 cm.) (Executed in 1946 and 1929.) image 1
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) Girls on a Merry-Go-Round and Statue of Liberty: A Double-Sided Work 13 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (35.2 x 50.5 cm.) (Executed in 1946 and 1929.) image 2
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Lot 38

Reginald Marsh
(1898-1954)
Girls on a Merry-Go-Round and Statue of Liberty: A Double-Sided Work 13 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (35.2 x 50.5 cm.)

18 November 2021, 14:00 EST
New York

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Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)

Girls on a Merry-Go-Round and Statue of Liberty: A Double-Sided Work
signed and dated 'Reginald Marsh 1946' (lower right, recto) and signed again and dated and inscribed '1929 / Fort Wood' (lower right, verso)
watercolor, graphite, and ink on paper
13 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (35.2 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in 1946 and 1929.

Footnotes

Provenance
Alfredo Valente (1899-1973) and Miriam Valente (1909-1998), New York.
Murray Schneider, Great Neck, New York.
Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1970.
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1999, lot 82.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited
Tucson, Arizona, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, East Side, West Side, All Around the Town: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings by Reginald Marsh, March 9-April 6, 1969, p. 71, 106, no. 57, illustrated.

Note
The first owner of this work, Alfredo Valente, was an Italian American noted photographer and art collector. In 1943, he produced and distributed "Art discovers America," a short film featuring John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, and others.

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