Lot 106: Claude Charles Buck (1890-1970) Leslie in Red Blouse 24 x 27in overall: 33 1/2 x 36 1/2in US$ 7,000 - 9,000

Claude Charles Buck (1890-1970)
Leslie in Red Blouse signed and bearing date 'Claude Buck 1951' (lower right), inscribed, signed again and bearing date 'Claude Buck/1951' (on the reverse)tempera and oil on masonite24 x 27inoverall: 33 1/2 x 36 1/2inPainted in 1938

According to a notarized letter from Leslie Buck, the artist's wife and muse, the present work was painted in Chicago in 1938 and depicts her as a young woman. It bears a later date in order to qualify for an exhibition of the Carmel Art Association in 1951. The original letter accompanies the lot.