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THB1960s Eddie Arning Oil Pastel, Kent Cigarettes, Outsider Art
Lot 181a
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Eddie Arning (American, 1898-1993). Oil pastel on paper, ca. 1960s. A large oil pastel drawing by Outsider Artist Eddie Arning inspired by advertisements for Kent cigarettes. Arning has a man who is smoking a cigarette while pulling a wheelbarrow and a woman who is holding a plant, perhaps a tobacco plant, beside an oversized box of Kent cigarettes. The scene is contextualized with the following handwritten inscription, "to a Smoker Happiness is the taste of Kent …. More taste … fine tobacco." Arning covered the background in golden yellow with a bold green and brick red border. Both figures are dressed in colorful garb and white gloves; the gentleman wears a red and yellow gingham shirt, an orange neckerchief, and blue jeans with red socks, brown shoes, and a green cap; the lady wears a sky blue dress, and the flower pot she holds is cotton candy pink, just like her complexion. The piece is set in a custom frame under glass. Size: 16" L x 21.875" W (40.6 cm x 55.6 cm) Size of frame: 25.3" L x 31.375" W (64.3 cm x 79.7 cm)
According to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Arning, like many self-taught artists, used magazine advertisements and illustrations as models or inspiration for his work. Nonetheless his work is highly individual; the link with the original source is often difficult to discern. Most of the print sources for Arning’s drawings have been saved. Institutionalized for most of his adult life, Arning was introduced to drawing in 1964 by a hospital worker who supplied him with materials. Arning’s medium from 1964 to 1969 was Crayolas. In 1969, he switched to oil pastels, or 'Cray-pas.' Regardless of his media, Arning always worked in the same manner, covering the entire surface of the paper with dense strokes of color. He stopped drawing in 1974; a year after leaving his nursing home." Source: Lynda Roscoe Hartigan "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art" (Washington, D.C. and London: National Museum of American Art with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990)
An Eddie Arning craypas drawing hammered for $4,400 at Slotkin Folk Art Auction on April 24, 2021 - lot #178. Arning's work is in the permanent collections of many respected museums including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the American Folk Art Museum in New York.
Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA
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#172738This artwork has not been examined outside the frame but appears to be in very nice condition save a diagonal crease mark at the upper left corner. Minor puncture to gallery paper on verso that does not impact the artwork. The imagery as well as the text are vivid and legible. The frame is also very nice save slight scuffs here and there. Wired for suspension and ready to display.Condition
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