Dean Cornwell

(American, 1892-1960)

Golden Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1925-1926

oil on canvas

initialed DC and dated illegibly (lower right); signed and titled (on the stretcher)

37 1/2 x 27 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

The Artist

Ezra Winters, Falls Village, Connecticut, acquired from the Artist

Renata Hunter, Falls Village, Connecticut, by descent from the above, her father

Private Collection, acquired as a gift from the above

Exhibited:

(possibly) American Art Galleries, New York (partial label attached to stretcher)

Literature:

William Lyon Phelps, "The Golden Gate: Painting by Dean Cornwell," Good Housekeeping Magazine, June 1926, Vol. 82, No. 6

In 1925, Dean Cornwell visited the Holy Land and created several paintings, which were eventually used for various books and stories with Middle East and Biblical themes. The present lot was illustrated in the sixth of a series of articles about paintings of places in the Holy Land published by Good Housekeeping Magazine in 1926. The article was written by William Lyon Phelps to describe Christ entering Jerusalem through the famed gate on Palm Sunday.

Golden Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1925-1926

Golden Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1925-1926