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Sherrie McGraw
(American, b. 1954)
The Walking Stick, 2021
Estimate: $5,000-$7,000
Passed
Live Auction
Western Paintings and Sculpture including Contemporary Native American Art Session I
Size
24 x 12 inches
Description
Sherrie McGraw
, 2021
(American, b. 1954)
The Walking Stick
oil on canvas
signed McGraw (lower left)
24 x 12 inches
Property being sold to benefit the Mission and Vision of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico
Condition
Appears in overall good condition. Framed dimensions: 17 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches
Signature
signed McGraw (lower left)
Provenance
Provenance:
Donated by the artist
Sherrie McGraw studied in New York at the Art Students’ League (where she has also taught) and at the New York Academy. A classical realist by training, McGraw is deeply interested in “abstract realism,” where, as she puts it, “subject matter is a vehicle—not the reason—for painting.” The Walking Stick shows how McGraw’s investment in paint quality, the rhythms of color, and in the arrangement of abstract forms that constructs a harmonious representation. Consider the gold bucket and the bracelet, the touches of turquoise in the moccasins and in the beaded necklace, and in the zig-zag yellow on the stick and in the breechcloth.
-James D. Balestrieri