• The Collection of Ann Getty
Lot 59

Kay Rasmus Nielsen (1886-1957): For Ye All Shall Go With Joy

Estimate: $4,000 - $8,000
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Pastel on paper, unsigned, with label from James Cummins Bookseller, NY.

14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (sight), 24 x 19 1/4 in. (frame). 

Note:

Lots 19, 21, 43, 60, 92 are Nativity designs for Christmas cards by Kay Neilsen that were commissioned by the American card firm Cardoza in the 1950s. The designs were redrawn by Disney artists in pen and ink and gouache sometime later in the 1950s.  These pastels were Neilsen's last American works.

Condition

Foxing showing mostly upper right. Otherwise apparently in good condition. Not examined out of frame. 

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Sold Sotheby's London, May 31, 1996, Lot 264.

The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty.