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EUGENE MONTGOMERY.
“Patsy.”Oil on canvas. 711x559 mm; 28x22
inches.Unsigned but with original exhibition
label on verso of frame from The All-
Illinois Society of the Fine Arts, Inc. Spring
Salon, taking place at The Stevens, Chicago,
May 18th to June 30th, 1935. On original
wooden stretcher and frame. Formerly in
the artist’s estate.
[600/900]
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EUGENE MONTGOMERY.
Carnation Baby. Oil on canvas. 508x559 mm; 20x22 inches. Some buckling to upper right
area and craquelure running vertically left and horizontally through image. On original
stretcher in decorative gold frame. Circa 1940. Formerly in the artist’s estate.
[600/900]
Though originally from Port Arthur,Texas, Montgomery was known as a Chicago artist, studying at
the Art Institute of Chicago. He exhibited regularly there and as a member of the All-Illinois Society
of the Fine Arts throughout the 1930s and `40s. He was best known as an illustrator of babies and
young children for the Carnation Milk Company for which this image was most likely used. He also
executed illustrations for Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, andWoman’s Home Companion.
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