Artist: Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953).
Title: "The Ballerina Ingovar".
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Date: Composed c1922.
Dimensions: Image size: 32 x 24 in. (813 x 610 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and titled, lower left. Condition: Original untouched condition. Several patches (see images). A few scratches in image. Unframed. Provenance: Through Ernest Lawson; Private Collection, Lake Forest, Illinois. Comment(s): Portraits by Shinn are rare and seldom seen, a little known aspect of his oeuvre. While he is commonly associated with lower-class urban themes, he was enchanted with the more glamorous aspects of urban life. Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School, also known as 'The Eight,' the youngest member of the group of modernist painters who explored the depiction of real life. He is most famous for his numerous paintings of New York and the theater and of various aspects of luxury and modern life inspired by his home in New York City. It has been pointed out that unlike most members of the Eight, Shinn was not attracted to art focused on "people sleeping under bridges." In fact, he loved the glamour of Uptown, fashionably dressed ladies, and above all, Shinn wanted to depict the excitement of the theater. [25243-15-3000]

Condition: Original untouched condition. Several patches (see images). A few scratches in image. Unframed.