Lower New York, Winter
by Guy C. Wiggins (1883–1962)15⅞ x 11⅞ inches
Signed and inscribed lower right: Guy Wiggins NA
Information
Provenance
Private collection, New York, New York
Sale, Christie’s, New York, December 4, 1997, lot 60, from above
Private collection, acquired from above
Sales, Sotheby’s Online, March 3, 2021, lot 62, from above
Exhibited
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Artist Biography
New York has always been my favorite subject, especially streets in snow storms.[1] —Guy C. Wiggins, 1948
By Nina Sangimino
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
I. Biography
Of the great family legacies in American art, Wiggins is definitely at the forefront. Carleton Wiggins studied with George Inness and painted landscapes with a Barbizon influence, and his grandson Guy A. Wiggins still paints both rural landscapes and urban city views. Yet the most well known of this clan is