9: JOHN WHORF (1903-1959) EARLY OIL ON CANVAS

John Whorf (Massachusetts, 1903-1959)
Untitled Cape Cod View at Low Tide
This early, atypical, modernist oil on canvas by Cape Cod watercolorist John Whorf is signed lower left front and accompanied by exhibition labels from 'Three Generations of the Whorf Family,' Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts Summer of 2005; and Glimpses of a Provincetown Collection, a 20007 - 2008 exhibition also with the Cape Cod Museum of Art.

John Whorf was a very popular, successful, and prolific artist best known for his impressionist watercolors of maritime subjects, coastal landscapes and New England genre scenes. Of the more than one thousand works by him posted to AskArt.com, only thirteen are oil paintings. None are in this early, significant Modernist style.

Lot Provenance: This work was sold by Grogan Auctions December 14, 2014, lot 109. Their listing included the following:

Lot Notes: Painting accompanied by correspondences between the owner, Vose Galleries, and the grandson of the artist. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this painting to benefit the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts.




The work itself measures 19 x 19 inches.
Very good condition, noting minor craquelure in limited areas, no inpainting, no loss, scratches or repair, original stretchers and unlined canvas.
$2,000 - $4,000