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KATE BALL, Early Texas Art, o/c, 1943

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:4,750.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
KATE BALL, Early Texas Art, o/c, 1943
<B>KATE BALL (1891-1973)</B></I><BR><I>Good Earth,</B></I> 1943<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>25in. x 30in.<BR>Signed lower right<BR>Signed, dated, and titled verso<BR><BR>The following poem is inscribed on the back of the painting and signed: <I>Kate K. Ball 1943</B></I>:<BR><BR><I>Good Earth</B></I><BR><BR><I>A lump of dirt, a lowly clod</B></I><BR><I>Trampled, despised, and scorned.</B></I><BR><I>Hold in its depth the secret of life</B></I><BR><I>The strenth of man, the world adorned.</B></I><BR><BR><I>Within this common, early mass</B></I><BR><I>There's a mystical magic, an essence unknown,</B></I><BR><I>Essential alike to nature, to man</B></I><BR><I>The power of God who cares for his own</B></I><BR><BR><I>A lump of dirt a lowly clod?</B></I><BR><I>'Tis Gods good earth, whose sacrifice</B></I><BR><I>Neath heel and plow, provides for man</B></I><BR><I>And makes this world a paradise</B></I><BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Collection of Bill and Mary Cheek<BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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