Chet La More Gouache and Watercolor Painting "Irrelevant Pursuit," 1944

Item Details

Chet La More (American, 1908 – 1980)
Irrelevant Pursuit, 1944
Gouache and watercolor painting on paper
Signed to the lower right

Provenance
Private collection
Doyle, Fine Furniture and Decorations, April 02, 2003, lot #45
Private collection
Perls Galleries, Inc., New York, no. 1898

Chet La More was an avid sculpture, painter, printer, and educator known for abstract and modern styles. He studied at and held degrees from the University of Wisconsin and even owned a small studio in Madison, Wisconsin. La More eventually moved to Baltimore and then New York to make a greater living creating art. Around 1935 he started painting murals for the Treasury Relief Art Project, and after his service in WWII became a professor of art at Albright Art School in Buffalo and the University of Michigan. La More’s work has been exhibited at the prestigious Perl Gallery in New York, and his work is housed in permanent collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Carnegie Institute, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Condition

- minor toning to paper; joints of frame slightly loose; minor abrasions to the finish of the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; painting measures 7.0" W x 4.75" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Item #

ITMG951888