Sale 38 Lot 1638  

J. EUGENE GARDNER (American, 1904-1999). MARIA THERESA DANCES "THE HAPPY SHADOWS" OF GLUCK, signed lower left, also signed and titled on reverse. Oil on masonite - Framed, 16 in. x 20 in.
Estimate $250-350

EXHIBITED:
The Parrish Art Musuem, Southhampton, Long Island, August 28 - September 12, 1957.

J. Eugene Gardner worked in
New York City, where he was
represented by Newcomb-Macklin
Galleries, as well as on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and Virginia.
According to revered American
artist Everett Shinn (1876-1953),
'Eugene Gardner brings an ever
present freshness with nothing of
that indecision which comes in
experimental plucking on the harp
and strings of another artist's color.
His skies, the aerial vaulted dome
of poet's domain, and Gardiner is a
poet, dominate the flat earthiness of
his Maryland scenes, where clouds
incite a rebellious contrast to the
vast clarity of unending space.'
Lots 1638-1646
descended in the family of the artist
to his niece, the current owner.

Sold for $150

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