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1950s Art Deco Style Figurative Painting with Horses by Porter Woodruff, Framed

Name: 1950s Art Deco Style Figurative Painting with Horses by Porter Woodruff, Framed
Brand: Porter Woodruff
Rating: 5 (53 reviews)

Price:$980

$1,100List Price

About the Item

American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horse scene, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Woodruff on lower right of painting. Signature somewhat obscured by frame. His Art Deco-influenced paintings are highly decorative and appealing, the compositions complex and well-thought out. The gold leaf background is decorative and elegant. His are rare Modernist paintings by an artist who found himself at the very heart of design, fashion and celebrity life in the early part of the century. Label at back for Pitt Scott Ltd London - well known for its expertise in handling antiques, works of art and fragile artefacts. Dimensions: 11.5"h x 15.5"w (sight) 12.5"h x 17.5"w (frame) Porter Woodruff, was an illustrator artist and contributor to Vogue Magazine and Home Garden (including covers for both). He was one of five artists stationed in Paris in 1923 for Vogue. Woodruff spent considerable time in Tunisia, North Africa, residing with his romantic partner, Romanian socialite George Sebastian. Sebastian owned a lavish, coastal property in then-trendy Hammamet, near Tunis on the Mediterranean. Sebastian fell in love with the simple beauty of the quiet fishing port of Hammamet and was the first of the international set of the times to build his villa there. He started a trend that has never ceased. Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have claimed Dar Sebastian to be ”the most beautiful house I have ever seen”. American and European intelligentsia and upper-crust were attracted to the area between the wars. The artists Cocteau, Elsa Schiaparelli, Paul Klee, Andre Gide, the Sitwells, and Cecil Beaton enjoyed visiting, partying, and undertaking what someone once described as indulging the opportunity to do 'some rather elaborate sinning'. Other visitors included Art Deco designer Jean-Michel Frank, Wallis Simpson, Somerset Maugham, and Greta Garbo, among others. The onset of war disrupted this scene and it never truly regained its former glory. Dar Sebastian was requisitioned by the 'Desert Fox', German General, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, for his wartime Headquarters during the Tunisian campaign. Dar Sebastian was later used by Winston Churchill, while writing his memoirs. Woodruff died of cancer in 1959 and his ashes were scattered at Dar Sebastian. Provenance: The Collection of Edith Edward "Ted" Nathanson, NY. Ted Nathanson a WWII veteran, was a direct descendant of the Gimbel Brothers retailing family. After the war, he worked for CBS, ABC and then NBC where he directed the original Tonight Show and the Today Show. He directed 13 consecutive Super Bowls, 21 consecutive Wimbledon tennis championships, the 1972 Winter Olympics, and the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also directed a wide variety of television shows including game shows, political conventions, and sporting events including major league baseball, boxing, college football, hockey, and golf. He remained at NBC for 37 years. Ted Nathanson was the first person to receive the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award for sports-related broadcasting.

Creator:
Porter Woodruff (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Paint,Wood,Hand-Painted,Painted
Place of Origin:
Tunisia
Period:
1950-1959
Date of Manufacture:
1958
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses.
Seller Location:
Morristown, NJ
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5990229845192

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