$10,073
Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American, 1882-1934) October in Long Neck /A View of Truro, Massachusetts Signed and dated "Gerrit A. Beneker 1926, October 19." l.l., identified in artist's inscription on the reverse and stretcher. Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch, losses (retouched), craquelure, surface grime. N.B. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Gerrit Beneker first traveled to Massachusetts in 1912 to study with Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown. Over the following years, Beneker enjoyed a successful career which took him throughout the country; he worked as an illustrator in New York, produced a series of posters for the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C., and was an artist-in-residence at the Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. Beneker, however, was always attracted to the coastline of Massachusetts¹ Cape. He returned for summers, and in 1920 purchased a home in Truro. He was also a founding member of the Provincetown Art Association.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-09-12
