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Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) The Gold Diggers image 1
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Lot 119

Reginald Marsh
(1898-1954)
The Gold Diggers

26 September – 7 October 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

US$5,000 - US$9,000

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Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)

The Gold Diggers
titled, inscribed and signed '"THE GOLD DIGGERS" talkie with Ann Pennington and Winnie Li / Marsh ' (along the bottom edge); with a stamp from the W. Benton Collection (on the reverse)
charcoal and ink on paper
sheet size 7 7/8 x 13 1/8 in. (20.0 x 33.3 cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
The collection of William Benton (1900-1973), according to a stamp.

N.B.
The present work is a depiction of a scene from the 1929 musical comedy film Gold Diggers of Broadway, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Ann Pennington, Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. This is a wonderful example of Marsh's early illustration in New York, while he was contribution to the New York Daily News and The New Yorker. It shows the influence of Marsh's mentors and friends John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, and George Luks.

The collectors' stamp on this work is from the collection of William Benton, a previous senator from Connecticut, who owned many of Marsh's works. Benton met Marsh while the two were students at Yale; they became close friends and worked on the Yale Record humor magazine together.

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