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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
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- Sale 2780
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| Philadelphia
Dec 3 | 2:00 PM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 2780
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$50,000 – $80,000
September Morning uses the typical pastel-like and more colorful tones of Garber's compositions from the late 1930s. As usual, the work features isolated houses and farm buildings in the distance, all slightly off-center. The scene takes place amidst overlapping hills, with not much space for the sky to peer through. Instead, Garber focuses his attention on the foreground, a stage-like arena populated by peaceful cows that act as the main characters of an idyllic play, which the viewer can embrace in a single glance. The work is devoid of any human presence; automobiles and telephone and electric poles have been removed so that the viewer is confronted solely with the solitary buildings and grazing animals. Indeed, cows and barns appear to dot the landscape in an organic way, as if their presence in the scene is both logical and irreplaceable. By doing so, September Morning speaks to Garber's ongoing fascination with a simple, secluded way of life that does not involve too many human souls, and to his conscious rejection of city life, especially in Philadelphia, which he left in the early years of the century and visited only when necessary.
The Artist.
The Estate of the Artist.
Acquired directly from the above in 1968.
Collection of J. Marshall Cole, New Hope, Pennsylvania.
By descent in the family.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Collection of Heidi Bingham Stott, Florida.
Freeman's, sale of June 14, 2020, lot 45.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
In excellent original condition with no sign of inpainting as seen under UV light. We notice some fluorescence in certain areas but as usual with Garber, those are due to the pigments used by the artist: not a sign of restoration.
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