BOCA RATON INLET [manuscript title in lower left corner], a watercolor (11 x 15 ½ inches, mat line), picturing a lone angler fishing in the blue white-capped inlet from a sea wall, with sand behind the wall, palm trees and other Florida vegetation behind the fisherman, a jetty extending into the water to his right, and a blue sky with summer clouds as a background; Signed in the lower right corner “Morgan Dennis / Florida -- ’59.”
Dennis was an “American illustrator and writer known primarily for his paintings of dogs” (Wikipedia); he illustrated at least a dozen books in the 1940s and 1950s and was well-known commercially for his etchings of dogs. For an article on Dennis, see Fred Frankel’s article at “Artists of Old Florida,” online. Matted glazed and framed. Very good. Item #67802
Price: $450.00
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