Lot 433: Hazel Finck (American, 1894-1977), Design for Living, 1940, Signed "finck" l.r., titled in pencil on the stretcher, titled and dated on

Hazel Finck (American, 1894-1977)

Design for Living, 1940
Signed "finck" l.r., titled in pencil on the stretcher, titled and dated on a label
affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (50.5 x 61.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Minor retouch, rippling, surface grime.

N.B. According to a label affixed to the stretcher, Design for Living was exhibited at the 12th Annual New Jersey State exhibition, Montclair, in 1942, and in a two-man show at the Irvington Museum in 1943. A second label recounts the artist's description of this scene as "...typical of small houses in small towns all over the country."