Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952)
Happy Motoring (The Happy Ending)
signed and dated 'Howard Chandler Christy. 19' (lower right)
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on paper
39 3/4 x 29 5/8 in. (101 x 75.3 cm.)
Executed in 1919.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Sale, Illustration House, Inc., June 1, 1991, lot 60. (as Woman by automobile)
Private collection, New York.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014.

Literature
Motor, August 1919, illustrated on the front cover.

The present work by Howard Chandler Christy is illustrated on the cover of the August 1919 issue of Motor.

The sheet has been laid down to a slightly larger sheet. The sheet is flat and in good, stable condition overall. The sheet is T-hinged to the mat support from three places along the verso of the extreme top edge. The lower left and right corners are held in place by clear corner protectors. There are very minor handling creases faintly visible along the extreme edges to the larger sheet that the work has been laid down to. there is a very small, approximately 1/2 x 1/4 in. loss to the sheet at upper right along the extreme right edge. The sheet is slightly toned throughout and there is evidence of mat burn visible along the extreme edges of the sheet, likely from a prior acidic mat. The medium has been well preserved and the pigments appear to have maintained their vibrancy, notably the reds and yellows.