Lot 142: Walter Murch, American/Canadian (1907 - 1967), "The Harbor," c. 1930s, oil on canvas

Walter Murch, American/Canadian (1907 - 1967), "The Harbor," c. 1930s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, measures 21.50 x 24 inches unframed, 25 x 27 inches framed. CONDITION: Good, large crackelure, some small chips, dirty, would benefit from a cleaning. Born in Toronto, Canada, Murch studied architectural drafting and woodworking at the Technical High School there, before attending Ontario College of Art, where he received his first art training. Later, in New York City, he studied at the Art Students League and then the Grand Central Art School where he met Arshile Gorky. His paintings are in the Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo; the Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania; Brooklyn Museum; Corcoran Gallery of Art and National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

oil

Good, large crackelure, some small chips, dirty, would benefit from a cleaning

Private Collection, West Virginia