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Nile Behncke “Oshkosh, Wisconsin” Watercolor and pencil on paper c. 1935
NILE BEHNCKE (1894-1954) USA
Oshkosh, Wisconsin c. 1935
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Painting: H: 20 ¼” x W: 24 ¾”
Framed: H: 33” x W: 37 1/2”
Nile Juergen Behncke was a well-known Wisconsin watercolorist and the first director of the Oshkosh Public Museum, from 1924-1954.
Nile Behncke “Oshkosh, Wisconsin” Watercolor and pencil on paper c. 1935
S O G A T A New York, NY
“Harlem: Five Aces” 1931
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Signed: SOGATA, HARLEM 1931 (painted, lower right corner of image); HARLEM: FIVE ACES. (in pencil beneath image on left)
For contextual history and similar art see: Rhapsodies in black : art of the Harlem Renaissance, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997); Harlem Renaissance Artists. Jordan, Denise (Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003).
Paper H: 14 7/8″ x W: 10 7/8 ”
Image H: 11″ x W: 7 1/2″
Frame H: 19” x W: 15 1/4”
*This SOGATA New York Watercolor and pencil on paper has been gifted to The Wolfsonian – FIU, Miami Beach, FL.