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Charles Demuth — Three Sailors Urinating
Charles Demuth

Three Sailors Urinating

1930

Charles Demuth's 'Three Sailors Urinating' (1930) is executed in watercolor and pencil on tracing paper, capturing a candid moment with modernist sensibility. The work reflects Demuth's interest in depicting contemporary urban life and ordinary human subjects.

Medium
watercolor and pencil on tracing paper

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May 18, 2022

Estimate: $40,000$60,000

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Charles Demuth, Three Sailors Urinating, 1930

Charles Demuth's 'Three Sailors Urinating' (1930) is executed in watercolor and pencil on tracing paper, capturing a candid moment with modernist sensibility. The work reflects Demuth's interest in depicting contemporary urban life and ordinary human subjects.

Medium
watercolor and pencil on tracing paper
Year
1930
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Naval Subject, Watercolor, Genre Scene, American Modernism, Early 20th Century, Homoerotic Art, Figurative Art, Precisionism

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Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art