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Lot 35: Jean Tock (1904-1988), Cassandra, imprint cast plaster and color, 53.5 x 21.75 x 2

Est: $250 USD - $500 USD
Outer Cape Art AuctionsProvincetown, MA, USApril 15, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Cassandra, medium: imprint cast plaster and color, size: 53.5 x 21.75 x 2, frame size: -, frame style: wood slat, signature: signed verso, notes: titled verso, condition: one small area of paint loss, small chips, otherwise fair, provenance: de-accessioned from the Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art, originally gift to the museum by the artist.

Dimensions

53.5 x 21.75 x 2

Artist or Maker

Medium

imprint cast plaster and color

Condition Report

one small area of paint loss, small chips, otherwise fair

Exhibited

(1904-1988) Studied at Mass. College of Art (1926) and with Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown. In the 1950’s she worked briefly with her husband Jack in Provincetown. She had studios in Boston, Duxbury and Truro. Exhibitions include Mass. College of Art, Boston University, CMFA, Addison Gallery of American Art, NY, Phillips Academy, Andover, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Michael Reese Hospital, Joseph P. Healy Library, Univ. Mass., Boston, Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, Goodman Walker Gallery, Boston, Alchemie Gallery, Boston, Chicago Art Institute (traveling exhibition). She was recognized for her works in bronze, stone, concrete and plaster-like substance on wire cloth and mixed media.

Literature

Additional information: Jean Tock - nickname "Teddy" - who with her husband Frank, also a sculptor, lived in Boston's Bay Village, on Fayette Street during the 40s, 50s, 60s. She was a neighbor of my late husband Kahlil Gibran (1922-2008) also a painter/sculptor who was in Provincetown late 40s & early 50s. The Tocks had a small foundry in the cellar of their studio. Were part of the Boston artists' group (including my husband, Hyman Bloom Hermon DiGiovanni, composer Alan Hohvaness) that was devoted to East Indian & Middle Eastern music. submitted by Jean Gibran

Provenance

de-accessioned from the Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art, originally gift to the museum by the artist.

Notes

titled verso

Payment & Shipping

Payment

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Shipping

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Auction Details

April 15, 2012 Spring Auction

by
Outer Cape Art Auctions
April 15, 2012, 04:00 PM EST

100 Alden St, Provincetown, MA, 02657, US

Terms

Buyer's Premium

20.0%

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