Ben Carre (1883-1978)

American School

ALLEGORY, circa 1930

(#5146)

40 x 32 inches / 52¾ x 45 framed

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right: “Ben Carre” in black stylized oil paint

Provenance:          The Artist, Ben Carre, Los Angeles, California

                    Estate of Anne Carre, Wife of the artist

                                        (until her death in 1998)

                    Adamson-Duvannes Galleries, Downey, California

Literature:          Hughes, Edan Milton, Artist in California 1786-1940,

                    Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California,

                    Ann Arbor Michigan: Sheridan Books Inc., 2002, p.196.

                    Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall, Publications in Southern

                    California Art 1,2 & 3, “Dictionary of Art and Artists in

                    Southern California Before 1930”, Glendale, California:

                    Dustin Publications, 1984, p. 40.