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THBHarvey Thomas Dunn (1884-1952); The Plowman (1907)
Lot 132
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Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
11944 North Tracey Road
Hayden, ID 83835
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Coeur d’Alene Art Auction specializes in the finest classical Western and American Art representing past masters and outstanding contemporary artists. The auction principals have over 100 years of combined experience in selling fine art and have netted their clients over $325 million in the last fif...Read more
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The 2020 Coeur d'Alene Art Auction to be held July 25 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 264 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Henry Farny, Thomas Moran, Edward S. Curtis, Carl Rungius, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
The 2020 Coeur d'Alene Art Auction to be held July 25 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 264 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Henry Farny, Thomas Moran, Edward S. Curtis, Carl Rungius, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
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- Lot Description
Harvey Thomas Dunn (1884-1952)
The Plowman (1907)
oil on canvas
36 x 24 inches
signed and dated lower right
Agnes C. Laut wrote, “Day was when to be a farmer was to be a peasant and farming was considered the occupation of the clod-pod with as much understanding in his boots as his brains. He was the constant joke of the funny man in the comic papers and the perennial topic for the anemic magazine writers of the town. In fact, the veriest little whippersnapper of the city felt a patronizing condescension for the farmer which angels might have felt for angleworms. The city man’s mental picture of the country dweller was—and is still in far too many cases—of a rustic clad in blue jeans halfway to his neck and high boots half-way to his waist; or of a lady in prunella gaiters with frayed green umbrella and tie-string bonnet ten years behind the times.
“As far as America is concerned such a type of farmer is rapidly becoming as extinct as the dodo. The day when the farmer might be regarded as a peasant is forever past. A new spirit is abroad on the farm....”
LITERATURE
Agnes C. Laut, “The New Spirit of the Farm” Outing Magazine (New York, NY: The Outing Publishing Company, April 1908), front cover, illustratedSurface condition is good. Craquelure throughout sky. Multiple specks of inpainting throughout sky, plowman’s head, scarf and throughout bottom of painting.Condition
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