Lot 603
John McCrady (American, 1911-1968), "School Going Down", 1945, multi- stage on canvas, signed lower right, two artist labels, remnants of two labels, New Orleans Museum of Retrospective label (no. 55) and New Orleans Art League First Prize Oil Painting label en verso, 25 in. x 30 in., in a hand-painted and carved frame by artist, Ref: Marshall, Keith, John McCrady, 1911-1968, exhibition catalogue, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1975, p. 93. E40000/60000 Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Note: In the award winning painting "School Going Down", John McCrady placed a personal reference by writing the name "Tucker" in chalk beside the hopscotch board drawn on the sidewalk. Mary Tucker was the only child of John and Mary McCrady and would have been four years old when he painted this painting. McCrady was known to often integrate scenes of his family life into his world of painting.
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