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Edward Laning (1906-1981) Study for Black Friday: Richard Whitney and the Stock Exchange.

Sold for $3,750 at Swann Auction Galleries on Feb 16, 2023.

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EDWARD LANING (1906-1981) Study for Black Friday: Richard Whitney and the Stock Exchange. Black and sepia ink on illustration board, 1939. Signed, Laning, lower right. Signed, Edward Laning, and inscribed, Black Thursday, on verso. 400x355 mm; 15 3/4x14 inches. This drawing is a study for Laning's 1939 oil painting titled Black Friday: Richard Whitney and the Stock Exchange, commissioned by Life Magazine in 1939, and illustrated in Life Magazine, depicting important events from the year 1929.

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