Description

JAKE HAVERSTICK (1898-1962) ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS - "RAINY MORNING" - HAND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST - COMES WITH LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM THE JAKE HAVERSTICK ESTATE - THIS ORIGINAL HAS BEEN IN THE POSESSION OF THE ARTIST'S GRANDSON SINCE HIS DEATH IN 1962 AND IT COMES IN THE ORIGINAL CUSTOM FRAME DESIGNED BY J. E. HAVERSTICK HIMSELF AND MADE BY HIS WIFE FAY HAVERSTICK - IMAGE 17.5" X 25.5" - FRAMED 26.5" X 34.5" - JAKE HAVERSTICK, HIS WIFE FAY, AND THEIR TWO SONS MOVED TO TAOS, NM AROUND 1930 AND TO HIS GOOD FORTUNE, HAVERSTICK MET THE FAMOUS TAOS ARTIST, WILLIAM HERBERT BUCK DUNTON, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE TAOS ART SOCIETY, WHO TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING AND MENTORED HIM. THE TIME CAME THAT DUNTON FELT THAT HAVERSTICK NO LONGER NEEDED HIS INSTRUCTIONS AS HE WAS WELL VERSED AS AN ARTIST. THE HAVERSTICKS THEN MOVED FROM TAOS TO ALBUQUERQUE WHERE THEY RESIDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES.

Condition

EXCELLENT