Property of a Private Collector, Savannah, GA
Description:
Frede Vidar (MI, 1911-1967), 6 Wartime Medical Drawings, Ink on Paper, 1940's, comprising a 9 in. x 12 in. study in brown and black of a nurse caring for wounded soldiers, signed lower right (toning, wear to edges, small loss lower left, mounting tape upper left and minor loss upper right from mounting tape being removed, smudges in edges); a 6 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. study in green depicting wounded soldiers, unsigned, captioned '24 Sept. 1950 - 5th Marines - collecting the wounded marines and .... for evacuation' along lower edge, matted but unframed (toning to paper, crease and small loss left side of top edge, faint mat burn, wear to edges of sheet, mounted with tape in corners on verso, mat in poor condition); a 11 7/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. pen and ink study of on operating room, signed and captioned 'Brain Surgery - Gen. Hospital - Madison, Wisconsin, July 1947' lower right, matted and unframed (toning, mat burn, wear to edges, mounted with tape at corners on verso, mat in poor condition); a 7 5/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. study of an operation with wounded soldier and doctors, signed upper right, captioned 'Jap. air raid - ... on X corps signal corps camp, Carigara, Leyte - ... early evening, 6 Nov. 1944' lower left, stamped 'Property of War Depart., Rejected, War Depart. Art Committee' twice on verso, matted but unframed (toning to paper, minor stains, faint mat burn, mounted with tape at corners, wear to edges, mat in poor condition); a 12 in. x 16 in. sheet with two studies in green of soldiers wounded comrades, unsigned with detailed inscription lower edge and short caption 'with 3rd Battalion of 5th Marines near .... afternoon 21 Sept. 1950' lower right, unframed (toning to paper, discoloration at edges and wear to edges, minor foxing, loss in top left corner); and a 9 in. x 7 in. pen and ink study of wounded figure on cot, signed and dated '7 Nov. 1944' lower left and captioned 'wounded Jap. at 36th Evac., Palo, Leytle, Philippines, name: Kiyoshi Faruyama' upper edge, stamped twice 'Property of War Depart. Rejected, War Dept Art Committee' on verso, matted but unframed (toning, faint mat burn, wear to edges, crease with tears along top edge, mounted with tape on corners on verso, mat in poor condition).
Provenance: These work(s) were consigned by the artist’s daughter.PLEASE NOTE: the original US War Paintings pamphlet is not included with the lot. We can provide a photocopy of the pamphlet upon request.
Frede Vidar was a well-respected and accomplished painter, muralist, and art instructor. Born in Denmark, Vidar studied at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen, the Academy of Fine Art in Munich, and Academie Julian in Paris, where he also studied with Matisse and Dufy. Around 1925, Vidar moved to San Francisco and continued his studies at the California School of Fine Art. He was a significant figure in the Northern California art scene during the 1930s when he was selected by the Public Works of Art Project as one of twenty-six artists to paint murals in San Francisco’s Coit Tower. During World War II, Vidar served as a combat artist, reached the rank of captain, and won a silver star. After the War, Vidar initially relocated to New Jersey and continued to pursue a career as a fine artist, while also working as a documentary and commercial artist for Abbot Laboratories and Life Magazine, including as a war correspondent and artist during the Korean conflict. Vidar taught at Washington University in Saint Louis in the early 1950s and then at the University of Michigan from 1953 until his death. (CW American Modernism)
Measurements: Height: of largest mat 16 in. x Width: 15 1/2 in.
Condition:
See description for details.
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