Lot 672: Catharine Carter Critcher (American 1879-1964) Portrait of Star Road Unsigned Oil on canvas

37 x 32 in (94 x 81.3 cm) Provenance: By repute, a wedding gift from the artist to Jane and Philip DeLauder in 1947 Note: Philip DeLauder, a professional photographer, was employed to photograph Catharine Critcher's works in her Dupont Circle studio. Their friendship continued after Critcher closed her school at the outbreak of World War II and moved to Charles Town, WV Literature: Barbara Brennen, transcript from a lecture given at the Art History of New Mexico Conference, Taos, NM, 1988, p. 7.