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Jean Crawford Adams Original Drawing Chicago, circa 1930. “View from the Studio”

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Original charcoal and graphite drawing by Chicago artist Jean Crawford Adams (1884-1972) The work bears a beautiful custom frame measuring 29 ½ x 23 ½. The drawing measures 24"h x 19"w and is signed lower left “Jean Crawford Adams.” This work is a wonderful Industrial subject from the period and is in excellent condition. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Jean Adams was active there as a graphic artist and painter of vividly colored still lifes, landscapes, and cityscapes. Her work reflected a range of styles from vividly colored fauvist-like canvases to muted precisionism. She lived in Chicago throughout her career but traveled and painted scenes in Europe, New Mexico, Indiana, Michigan, New York and California. Many of her paintings were inspired by what she saw in Chicago "finding a source for her art in its dynamism and vitality, slaughterhouses, gangland denizens, and political upheavals". (Kennedy 81) She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and also had an exhibition there as well as at the Carnegie Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy, and the Detroit Museum.
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    Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Diameter: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    Circa 1930
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  • Seller Location:
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1875330708272
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