Lot 228 - EVERETT SHINN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING CIRCA 1907

The Artist in an Allegorical Setting is a tall, thin oil on canvas painting of a flamboyantly-dressed artist at the easel - dashing off a portrait of a pretty woman - is a prime example of Everett Shinn's (American, 1876-1953) decorative rococo style. Owing to his ability to paint with tremendous speed (truly an American "fa presto"), his flashy brushwork, and his brilliance as a draftsman. This piece features a custom brass plate with the name of the artist as well as 2 Labels on the back, Hammer Galleries and Grand Central Art Galleries. Shinn was a favorite of New York's finest decorators and architects, including Elsie de Wolfe, Stanford White, David Belasco, and Clyde Fitch. For a host of mansions, Shinn painted murals, overdoors, ceilings, woodwork, mantelpieces, folding screens, sideboards, and even pianos in his Rococo revival style. Artistically, Shinn was a talented chameleon: on one hand, he produced paintings and drawings recording the grittiest urban denizens and their world in his so-called "Ashcan School" imagery, while on the other he painted Boucher-like confections for the homes of the upper crust. This specific Louis XVI style painting by Shinn, with decorative gilt border and flourishes, originally formed part of a folding screen. It is reproduced in situ, in a photograph recording a lavish, unidentified interior, in Edith Deshazo's biography, Everett Shinn 1876-1953. A Figure in His Time, New York, p. 89. Exhibited to: Hammer Galleries, New York (label verso); Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, (label Verso). June 11, 1980, purchased by The Hon. Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Collection Currently: Private collection NYC ( acquired in private sale, Heritage Auction in 2009) Photos of the original receipt and invoice from 1980 are available upon request. All the original documents and the book are included with the purchase.

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