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Alexander Brook
A Painting of Adaline Glasheen as a Writer's Muse

1959

$14,000
£10,643.86
€12,283.41
CA$19,596.24
A$21,942.56
CHF 11,448.53
MX$267,354.02
NOK 145,273.72
SEK 138,116.63
DKK 91,687.60
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Signed lower right: 'A.Brook '59'. Painted in Sag Harbor, Long Island in 1959. Adeline (Adaline) Glasheen was a writer. She was a friend of the artist and worked in literary circles with Thornton Wilder, with whom she published a book of letters about James Joyce, 'A Tour of the Darkling Plain'. She was a penetrating critic of the works of James Joyce and is still studied for her insights into such works as 'Finnegan's Wake.'
  • Creator:
    Alexander Brook (1898 - 1980, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1959
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 44 in (111.76 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Boston, MA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU397313150242

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