The Enchanted Hour

Frank V. Dudley
Circa 1952.
Oil on canvas
27 x 30 inches

Other Information
Framed dimensions: 31 x 34 inches
Inscription: Signed lower left
Provenance: Patricia Welch Bro, Evanston, Illinois (by descent); Hindman Auction, Chicago, Illinois, December 12, 2012, lot 24; Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois (purchased from the former).
Exhibited: Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Galleries Association, "Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Frank V. Dudley," 1952 (7); Valparaiso, Indiana, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, "The Indiana Dunes Revisited: Frank V. Dudley and the 1917 Dunes Pageant," August 22–December 10, 2017.
Literature: James R. Dabbert, "The Indiana Dunes Revisited: Frank V. Dudley and the 1917 Dunes Pageant," Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, and Indiana University Press, 2017, Cat. 40, p. 202 (reprod. in color).
One of less than ten known sunset paintings by the artist. Fine original frame
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