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Merry-Go-Round GIrl: A Double Sided Work

Creator: Reginald Marsh
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)
Lived/Active; New York
Merry Go Round Girl, ca. 1940
Signed (l.r.): Reginald Marsh (one side)
Watercolor ink on paper, housed in a custom free-standing double-sided frame.
29” x 21” (sight), 43” h., 35” w., 11” d. (base).
Over-all in excellent condition.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, Fine American Paintings, 2005; The collection of Sanford L. Smith, New York.
Reginald Marsh is one of the best-known chroniclers of New York City life and he loved capturing the seedier aspects of the city as seen through his sketches and paintings. He was an obsessive explorer of the great metropolis. It was in places such as Coney Island, the burlesque parlors and dance halls of Fourteenth Street, the Bowery, the streets, and the subway that the Yale educated, financially comfortable Marsh found the subjects he was looking for. His work, widely acclaimed during his lifetime, can be found in major public and private collections throughout the United States, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
This rare, double-sided drawing of a girl riding a carousel at Coney Island Amusement Park is a subject Marsh loved to paint and it certainly captures his fascination with everyday people.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Lower right
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Watercolor, ink on paper
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-WoP-IP 011
Incollect Reference #:	816845

Dimensions

W.	35 in;	H.	43 in;	D.	11 in;
W.	88.9 cm;	H.	109.22 cm;	D.	27.94 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.