A Sailor's Wife
SIGNED MID RIGHT (Sight, 23.5" x 31.5")
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event ""Off the Wall" Art Online Auction" held on Thu, Feb 2, 2017.
Lot 87
Lot 87
Estimate: CAD $300 - $400
Did not sell
Did not sell
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Roberta Gorsuch Burke (1899-1997) was one of America's best known military wives and was affectionately known as ''the first lady of the United States Navy". Mrs. Burke was married to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, who was Chief of Naval Operations from 1955 to 1961 and led the Navy into the nuclear age.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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