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FRANK PHARES.
“We Use the De Laval Cream Separator.”
Oil on canvas. 520x370 mm; 20
1
/
2
x14
1
/
2
inches. Farm scene with boy and ornery
piglets. Signed lower left. Framed. Nd.
[600/900]
An unobtrusive advertisement or calendar
design (unpublished?) for the American branch
of the Swedish manufacturer of popular milk
separating machines. Frank Phares was a schol-
arship student in 1915 and 1916 at the
Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts,
Philadelphia. He was a landscape painter, drew
sheet music covers and worked as a retoucher for
the State of New Jersey. His best known illus-
trations were in collaboration with Zane Grey.
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LESLIE RAGAN.
High Sierra Meadows. Gouache on board.
520x560 mm; 20
1
/
2
x22 inches. Signed
lower right. Tape mounted to matte with
evidence of old matte adhesive residue to
margins. Early version of an advertisement
for steel
manufacturer The Budd
Company; the published illustration differs
with the addition of a highway and several
automobiles. Circa 1950s.
[1,500/2,500]
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