J. EUGENE GARDNER (American, 1904-1999). WOMAN ON TERRACE LOOKING OVER EAST RIVER, NYC, signed lower right. Pastel. - Framed, 17 3/8 in. x 14 1/4 in. Estimate $300-400
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 Gardner 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 773-777 descended in the family of the artist to his niece, the current owner.
