Lot 172: Large Carroll Cloar Drawing, Girl in a Field

Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee/Arkansas, 1913-1993) large graphite and colored marker on paper drawing, a preparatory study for the artist’s 1981 painting “Mary Louise.” A young woman wearing a checkered apron with hands in her pockets, stands in an open field with yellow grass and tall wildflowers, and a grove of trees in the distance. Signed “Carroll Cloar,” lower left. Framed under glass in a molded giltwood frame with intentional distressing. Sight: 35 in W x 21 in H. Frame: 45 in W x 31 in H.

PROVENANCE: Private West Tennessee Collection, ex- Case Auctions sale of The Estate of Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Nashville, Tennessee, Aug. 5, 2017, lot 130. 

CONDITION: Pinholes to all corners. Light creasing to paper.