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John Garth (1889-1971) Study for Swing Shift 22 x 52in framed 22 3/4 x 52 7/8in (Painted circa 1939.) image 1
John Garth (1889-1971) Study for Swing Shift 22 x 52in framed 22 3/4 x 52 7/8in (Painted circa 1939.) image 2
Lot 48

John Garth
(1889-1971)
Study for Swing Shift 22 x 52in framed 22 3/4 x 52 7/8in

3 August 2021, 13:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$22,812.50 inc. premium

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John Garth (1889-1971)

Study for Swing Shift
unsigned
oil on canvas affixed to board
22 x 52in
framed 22 3/4 x 52 7/8in
Painted circa 1939.

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Provenance
Sale, Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, American and European Paintings and Sculpture, October 8, 1980, lot 308 (as 'Iron Workers').
Property from the Estate of George R. Bobbitt Jr., San Francisco, California.

A note from Kathy (nee Garth) Shea, the artist's daughter, dated October 20, 1995, authenticating the work as by John Garth, accompanies the lot.

The present work depicting iron workers was an oil study for John Garth's mural Swing Shift created for the Mines, Minerals and Machinery Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939.

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