Lot 218 | John Storrs ink wash on paper titled "Walter Morse
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Rummel Doing Debussy". John Bradley Storrs was born in 1885 in Chicago. He lived most of his life in France, living most of the time in Orleans. He studied sculpture with Lorado Taft as well as Auguste Rodin until Rodin's death in 1917. He was also imprisoned for one year by the Nazi's during WWII. He was known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objective, machine like forms. In 1930, he designed "Ceres" the 33 foot high aluminum statue atop the Board of Trade Building in Chicago. His work can be seen in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Diego Museum of Art. Site: 3.75"H x 10.25"W; Frame: 12.5"H x 18.875"W. Circa - 1918.
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