Lot 784: Frank Mechau (American 1904-1946)

Study for ?Tommy Kenny Comes Home? Unsigned; executed in 1944 Pencil on tracing paper; overall with scattered stains. Framed.* Sight size: 27-1/2 x 45 in (69.9 x 114.3 cm) Provenance: Widow of the artist, 1946-1984 Private collection, 1984-2003 Exhibited: Frank Mechau Retrospective 1904-1946, The Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 1972, illustrated in exhibition catalog, pp. 12, 26, no. 111 Frank Mechau/ Artist of Colorado, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts and University of Colorado, Boulder, 1981-1982, illustrated pp. 78 Note: Tom Kenny Comes Home sold at Christie?s East, November 20, 1990, lot 390 for $17,050.