The Public Library, New York Winter

Provenance

Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas

Private collection, acquired from above, ca. 1930

Private collection, by descent from above

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, September 26, 1996, lot 167, from above

Private collection, New York, acquired from above

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, December 3, 2003, lot 167, from above

Private collection, New York, acquired from above

Sale, Sotheby’s New York, New York, May 22, 2013, lot 44

Private collection, Westchester, New York

Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, April 21, 2023, lot 197, from above

Related Works

Fifth Avenue at the Library, oil on canvas, 24¼ x 20 inches, signed lower left; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

New York Library, Fifth Avenue, 1903–1962, oil on board, 11⅝ x 8¾ inches; New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut

December Blizzard on Fifth Avenue, 1921, oil on canvas, 12 x 16 inches; Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Nebraska

Note: Guy C. Wiggins had a particular interest in rendering the city’s landmarks in winter, blanketed with snow. In this work, Wiggins depicts the New York Public Library looking north from 5^th Avenue. The two spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral are just visible through the falling snow along the right side of the street.