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IRVING RAMSEY WILES (1861-1948) Girl From Martinique, 1910 signed, "I.R. wiles" (lower left) ...

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IRVING RAMSEY WILES (1861-1948) Girl From Martinique, 1910 signed, I.R. wiles (lower left) ...
IRVING RAMSEY WILES
(1861-1948)
Girl From Martinique, 1910
signed, "I.R. wiles" (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm) <p>Estimate: $65,000-85,000 <p> Provenance
Estate of the artist Chapellier Galleries, NEW YORK Mr. and Mrs. C. Mayshark Private Collection, Santa Fe Godel and Co. Fine Art, New York Private Collection, New York <p> Exhibited
New York, Chapellier Galleries, Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1861-1948, November 1967, no. 57 (illustrated) St. Joseph, Missouri, The Albrecht Gallery, Museum of Art, Art of Irving Ramsey Wiles, pl. 20, April-May 1971, no. 20 (illustrated) <p> Irving Wiles, a protégé of William Merritt Chase in the 1890s learned to master flickering, fluid brushwork from his Long Island neighbor. The surety of his stroke reveals itself in the rattan chair, a frequent prop in his early work. Reminiscent of his mentor is the indirect light source, and the model captured in a moment of distraction.
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