SOLD Winter in New York

by Guy C. Wiggins (1883–1962)

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Oil on canvas
24⅛ x 20 3/16 inches
Signed lower left: Guy Wiggins; on verso: WINTER IN NEW YORK / Guy Wiggins NA

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Provenance

Private collection

Private collection, by descent from above

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, October 6, 2021, lot 92, from above

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