AW5-016: Arthur B. Carles Angele Nude" Pastel on Paper Circa 1922
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Artist: Arthur B Carles
Age: 1900 - 1950
Medium: Gouache / Pastel / Crayon on Paper
Unframed Dimensions: Sight: 24 3/8" x 19 1/8
Overall Dimensions: Frame 30 7/8" x 25 5/8"
Arthur B. Carles Angele Nude" Pastel on Paper Circa 1922 with letter of authenticity from Mercedes Carles Matter, daughter of Arthur Carles. Letter affixed to back side of painting (see photo) attests to the authenticity of the painting and a little background on Angele - the subject of the painting.
Dimensions: Sight: 24 3/8" x 19 1/8"; Frame 30 7/8" x 25 5/8"
Provenance: With the James Cox Gallery - sold September 5, 2010
Comments: Arthur Carles (1882 - 1952) Arthur Beecher Carles was born in Philadelphia on March 9, 1882. From 1900 to 1907 he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where he had many influential instructors. He was known as a modernist and was heavily involved in the arts in Philadelphia. He spent a lot of time in France and elsewhere in Europe. He struggled with alcoholism and in 1941 he had a stroke that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Carles died in 1952.