June 22, 2024 Brian Lebel's Santa Fe Old West Events Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/22/2024
Group of Nudes (Water Nymphs)
Mixed media on board
12" x 19 1/4"
Signed and dated bottom center/right: A. D. Cooper 1908
Framed to 22 1/2" x 32 1/4"
Astley David Middleton Cooper was born in St Louis, Missouri on December 22, 1856. After attending Washington University, he traveled throughout the West as an illustrator for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. In his later years he painted allegorical scenes with semi-nude women, landscapes and several trompe l'oeil studies, and became well known for large saloon nudes. He died September 10, 1924.
Item Dimensions: 32 - 3/4" x 22 - 1/2".