July 14 & 15, 2020 Fine & Decorative Arts
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2020
John Whorf was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. His father, Harry C. Whorf was also an artist, who exposed him to commercial art and graphic design. He received official training at the age of fourteen under Shermann Kidd in the St. Botolph Studio and also the Boston Museum School. He moved to Provincetown, where he was influenced by the growing art colony there. A watercolor sketch of a barnyard scene on reverse.
Item Dimensions: Frame: 23 - 1/4" x 30 - 1/4".
Artist
JOHN WHORF (AMERICAN, 1903 - 1959).
Medium
Watercolor on paper.
Signature
Signed "John Whorf" lower right.