Aaron Anderson
Specialist, Head of Sale
PROPERTY FROM THE LIEBERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
Lot 44
Guy Carleton Wiggins(1883-1962)Wall Street Winter 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
7 November 2023, 14:00 EST
New YorkUS$80,000 - US$120,000
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Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962)
Wall Street Winter
signed 'Guy Wiggins' (lower left) and inscribed with title and signed again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
signed 'Guy Wiggins' (lower left) and inscribed with title and signed again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Footnotes
Provenance
W.R. Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, by 1960.
Hub Hill Corporation, Dallas, acquired from the above, 1960.
David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, acquired from the above, 1976.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, February 27, 1995.
This lot is accompanied by a letter of authentication from Noel Wiggins. We would like to thank Noel Wiggins for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Beginning in the 1920s, Guy Carleton Wiggins turned his works' focus to depicting snow scenes in New York City, a subject which garnered great popularity and commercial success for the artist. Wall Street Winter is a large-scale example of one of Wiggins' favored scenes in lower Manhattan. At the right of the composition is Federal Hall and the monument to George Washington (1732-1799), on the steps where he was sworn in as the first President. Trinity Church is at upper center, seen through a stormy haze in the background. Flags adorn the buildings along either side of Wall Street, vibrantly contrasting against the muted buildings and stormy sky. Flecks of falling snow painted in Impressionistic brushwork envelop the canvas and capture the fleeting atmosphere of the scene.