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Lot 344

Morgan Weistling (b. 1964) 30 x 18 inches

Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Starting Bid
$10,000

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Artist: Morgan Weistling Title: Trusted Friends Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 30 x 18 inches Signed: Signed and dated 2004 lower left Framed/Base: 37 x 25 inches This lot's overall appearance is Excellent. For more details please view the attached Condition Report.

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Overall Dimensions
Height: 37.00
Width: 25.00

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Provenance:
Private collection, Massachusetts
 
Literature:
A Brush with History: The Paintings of Morgan Weistling, Vicki Stavig, Blackhammer Press, California, 2018, p. 41.
 
Morgan Weistling is a storyteller in the same way Norman Rockwell is a storyteller—everything one needs to complete the visual journey is right there in the paint. For portraits, Weistling focuses first on the structure of the face, before filling in the details. “Weistling has many approaches to his paintings and each subject dictates his decisions on how much preliminary drawing will take place. In this case, a portrait, he uses a direct method of working from a fixed spot in the middle and finishing as he works outward,” writes Vicki Stavig in A Brush with History: The Paintings of Morgan Weistling. “The canvas is toned first with an approximate value and temperature of his model. Beginning with the eye sockets, he lays down the foundation by which all further measurements will be made. With no drawing to follow, this method forces him to juggle the many aspects of art (shapes, values, edges and color) at the same time.”