LOT DETAILS

Materials:

each Brown wash and graphite pencil heightened with white on paper

Size Notes:

(i); (ii): 12.75 x 16.5 in; (iii): 12.5 x 17.125 in; (iv): 11.25 x 15.75 cm; (v): 12.375 x 9.75 in

Description:

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Markings:

(i) Signed with initials E.L. (ll); inscribed Carry [sic] Raised from the Pit and dated 1962 on a strip of card affixed to the backing; (ii) Signed with initials E.L. (ll); inscribed In the Buggy and dated 1962 on a strip of card affixed to the backing; (iii) Signed with initials E.L. (lr); inscribed Carrie Nation in the Wichita Saloon and dated 1962 on a strip of card affixed to the backing; (iv) Signed Laning (lr); inscribed Carrie Incarcerated (Topeka) and dated 1961 on a strip of card affixed to the backing; (v) Signed with initials E.L. (lr); inscribed The Death of Carry Nation and dated 1962 on a strip of card affixed to the backing

Condition:

Works are not laid down: (i) and (ii): No condition issues noted; (iii): Tiny loss at lower edge at center; (iv): No condition losses noted; (v): 1/2 inch strip of brown tape across the upper edge

Literature:

Howard E. Wooden, Edward Laning: American Realist, 1906-1981, The Wichita Art Museum, Sep. 11-Oct 17, 1982, pp 14-15. The related large oils are reproduced as figs. 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35.