Saltbox

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GEORGE BENJAMIN LUKS (1867-1933)
Saltbox
signed 'George Luks' (lower right)
gouache and watercolor on paper laid down on paperboard
15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1925.

Provenance

The artist.
Harry Innes Silliman, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, circa 1925.
By descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present work was initially owned by Harry Innes Silliman, the editor of the Miner's Journal (later the Pottsville Journal) in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Silliman became acquainted with Luks, who grew up around the city, after writing an article about the artist. Saltbox was probably given as a gift from the artist following his exhibition of works at the Pottsville Library in 1925.

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