Decorative Arts, Chinese Porcelains, Art Nouveau
Painting on Canvas. Attr to Mauran, Russell & Crowell – Cahokia Power Plant, Union Electric Light & Power – 1928, Purchased from Bizaar Bizarre New York.
Reference picture in listing showing the station and providing the provenance that it was referenced in The American Architect, June 1928, p. 768 (picture enclosed). An extremely important power plant for the midwest. It was one of the largest and last plants commissioned before the depression and helped power the industrial revolution in the midwest.
Dimensions: Image Size: H: 22 inches: W: 28 inches —
Condition: Very Good Condition.
Important Message: — This painting is from the collection of over 80 works curated by Matthew Siegel. Matthew is an MIT educated nuclear engineer who traveled the world and resided in London, San Diego, Chicago, Connecticut and Philadelphia. Mr Siegel was drawn to paintings of industrial facilities, workmen, sports, movement and genre paintings depicting the building of our world. His philosophy was to choose an artist who had good form and a grasp of movement, over and above the size of the painting or previous sales value. Each painting will include a letter that it was part of his collection.
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