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JAMES V. HERRING (1887 - 1969)
Untitled (Beach Landscape)
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Oil on illustration board, circa 1920-25. 216x305 mm; 8
1
/
2
x12 inches. Signed in oil, lower right.
Provenance: private collection.
This early 20th century impressionist beach scene is only the second work, and the first landscape,
by this influential artist and educator to come to auction. JamesVernon Herring founded the Howard
University Department of Art in 1922, and was a mentor to James A. Porter and David C. Driskell
while chairman of the department from 1932-1952. Professor Herring also judged and contributed
essays to exhibitions at the Harmon Foundation in 1930 and 1931 in New York. In 1943, with
Alonzo J. Aden, Herring opened the famous Barnett-Aden Gallery in Washington, DC. Today, his
paintings are very scarce.This
plein air
landscape is similar in atmospheric theme to the two works
of his that we have located,
Campus Landscape
, 1922, and
Newport Scene
, not dated, both in the
collection of Howard University.
[4,000/6,000]
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