Coeur d'Alene Art Auction - July 2021

– 253 – 318 Harry Jackson (1924–2011) JohnWayne – First Unfinished Model (1981) bronze 38 inches high inscribed on base: ©Harry Jackson 1981 WUB [WFS Italia stamp] [artist’s thumbprint] John Wayne first unfinished model for the monument Harry Jackson The artist wrote, “After Cézanne a lot of artists made art for art’s sake, and when I became an Abstract Expressionist in New York I was among them. In 1953 and ‘54 I moved on from there to again deal with man through my art. The New York school and interlude for me was too private and removed fromman. It did not speak to the people I was born and raised with, the ones I’ve learned the most timeless lessons from and admire with my whole heart. JohnWayne spoke for these people. He was a perfect figure for me to sculpt.” PROVENANCE The Collection of the California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, California $20,000–30,000