H. van Buren Magonigle Sold at Auction Prices

HAROLD VAN BUREN MAGONIGLE (American, 1867-1935) "PORTRAIT OF AN OLD FRIEND", 1933.

Oil on canvas board. Housed in a contemporary giltwood frame. Signed lower right "H.V.B. Magonigle A.N.A.", signed, titled and dated on verso "Portrait of an Old Friend, H. Van Buren Magonigle -1933". Note: Harold Van Buren Magonigle was an American architect, artist, and author best known for his memorials. Born in New Jersey, Magonigle worked for Calvert Vaux, Rotch & Tilden, Schickel and Ditmars and McKim Mead & White before opening his own practice in 1903. He was the designer of the McKinley Memorial Mausoleum in Canton, Ohio and the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. Magonigle and sculptor Attilio Piccirilli collaborated as architect and artist on two familiar monuments in New York City: the Monument to the USS Maine in Columbus Circle, and on the Fireman's Memorial on Riverside Drive and West 100th Street. Magonigle's papers are held by the New York Public Library and by the Drawings and Archives Department in the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. (Source: http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1838) SIZE: 24" x 20". Overall: 32-1/4" x 38" CONDITION: Very good condition. 49905-5