Lot 2148: EARL CUNNINGHAM (American 1893-1977)"MOCK UP

EARL CUNNINGHAM (American, 1893-1977)"MOCK UP NO 6 1975". Oil on paper laid on corrugated cardboard scene shows a bright sunlit day with a rising sun over three points of land, one having a candy-cane colored light house with connected white and red building with chimney smoke. Rocks and brown trees surround the green peninsula. The second peninsula supports a connected blue and red building with dock and trees, having an edging of rocks. The third and largest peninsula with a "U" shaped inlet, has three large brown trees supporting two big white and red birds. The edge grass is in green, brown and red and there are three houses on the green grass. Four side-by-side three-masted schooners are seen in small inlet while four, four-masted schooners are seen in other inlet. A variety of ships and ducks are seen on a yellow, red and orange ocean while several birds fly in a similar colored sky. Unsigned front but pencil signed on reverse, "By Earl Cunningham". Housed in a modern shadow-box type frame with glass front and Lucite back showing pencil signature. SIZE: (sight) 15"h x 20"w. PROVENANCE: Recently found in a New England home. CONDITION: Several small losses and tears to edge. Generally good. 9-93103 (8,000-12,000)