Portrait bust done in lieu of hotel rent in Belvidere, Illinois. Leslie "Reggie" Young Correthers, a Stone City colony student, an abstractionist that pursued many artistic avenues – poetry, writing, acting, and painting. He resided in the Rockford, IL area as an art…
Published onDec 13, 2023
90. Leslie Young Correthers
Christian Petersen papers, RS 26/02/52, Iowa State University, Special Collections and University Archives.
Date
1931
Material
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Dimensions
Approximately 30 in. (76.2 cm) [height]
Description
Leslie "Reggie" Young Correthers, a Stone City colony student, an abstractionist that pursued many artistic avenues -- poetry, writing, acting, and painting. He resided in the Rockford, IL area as an art teacher. Portrait bust possibly done in lieu of hotel rent in Belvidere, Illinois.
Markings
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Provenance / Location
Location unknown.
Alternate Title(s)
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Notes / Sources
Image of bust in Papers, SC, Boc 10 f.2; Doss, Erika. "Grant Wood’s Queer Parody: American Humor during the Great Depression" Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 52, N. 1, Spring 2018.
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