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"The Ironworker, " Important Depiction of American Industrial Worker, John Garth
$25,000List Price
About the Item
- Creator:John Garth (Painter)
- Dimensions:Height: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1925
- Condition:A couple of minor paint losses.
- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU865116296121
John Garth
John Garth grew up in Topeka, Kansas and attended Washburn University, Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from Yale University in 1914. He studied at the Arts Student League and in Europe from 1914–15, including being in Berlin, working with Renoyitski and Conrad Fehrand. Garth taught at the Roberts college in Constantinople for eight months, returned briefly to Topeka and then was in Hawaii in 1916. He served in World War I, then settled in San Francisco, California. Garth temporarily was art director of the Pacific Railways Advertising Company and from 1920–35 conducted the Garth School of Art.
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