Lot 35

PIERRE FRANCIS DAURA (ROCKBRIDGE CO., VIRGINIA, 1896-1976) EXPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE PAINTING

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PIERRE FRANCIS DAURA (ROCKBRIDGE CO., VIRGINIA, 1896-1976) EXPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE PAINTING, watercolor on paper, depicting a chicken house with Jump Mountain in the background, Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge Co., Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, paper with "STRATHMORE STUDENT" blind stamp, not signed. Conservation framed and matted. Third quarter 20th century. 15" x 22" sheet, 23 1/2" x 30 1/2" OA.
Literature: Parallels Bosket/Rasmussen - The Story of Virginia. Highlights from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, p. 188, top.
Catalogue Note: Pierre Daura's works are in the permanent collections at the Art Museum of Western Virginia, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Library of Virginia, the Virginia Historical Society, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Musee Hyacinthe Rigaud, in Perpignan, France, and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in Barcelona. For a detailed biography of the artist see - William M. S. Rasmussen," Pierre Francois Daura (1896–1976)," Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Library of Virginia (1998– ), published 2016 (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Daura_Pierre_Francois).

Condition

Excellent condition.

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The important collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr., Richmond, VA.
Quinn's Auction Gallery, 1/19/2013, lot 251.