Ture Bengtz (American, 1907-1973)Three Prints: Children Sledding, Sleeping Man, and Olivebank. Each signed "TureBengtz" in pencil beneath the image l.r.,
Sledding and
Sleeping Man both inscribed "Ed. 20" l.l.,
Olivebank numbered and titled "Ed. 1/12 "OLIVEBANK" l.l.
Sledding and
Sleeping Man lithographs on paper,
Olivebank screenprint on paper, image sizes to 13 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.,
Sledding framed, others matted. Condition: Pale toning, some with foxing or mold,
Sleeping Man with accretions and soiling to the margins,
Sledding not examined out of frame.
N.B.
Sleeping Man is most likely titled
Cocoon, based upon a similar image of a man sleeping on a newspaper on a bed of leaves on Boston Common (
Cocoon II). As in this print, the outline of the dome of the State House is included in the upper left.
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