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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE ELY NELSON, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
Lot 12

John Wilde
(1919-2006)
Memorabilia 8 x 16in (20.3 x 40.6cm)

20 May 2021, 16:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$47,812.50 inc. premium

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John Wilde (1919-2006)

Memorabilia
partially signed '...Wilde' (lower right within the composition) and signed and dated 'John Wilde / 1952' and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on panel
8 x 16in (20.3 x 40.6cm)
Painted in 1952.

Footnotes

Provenance
Oliver Burr Jennings, New York.
Constance Jennings Ely, sister of the above, by descent, 1968.
By descent to the late owner, daughter of the above, 1991.

Exhibited
Madison, Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wildeworld: The Art of John Wilde, November 13, 1999-January 9, 2000, p. 97, pl. 58, illustrated.

The artist has inscribed on the reverse a mysterious list of words, such as "A.D.," "Luigi," and "Pussy cat" that likely reference the various items depicted in the present work.

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