Ended Carroll Cloar "Historic Encounter" Numbered Signed Print 185/300

Increasingly difficult to obtain, works by Carroll Cloar will continue to appreciate in value.
The relevance of his subject matter remains pertinent in our country and beyond. His style is described and adored as both folksy and contemporary .

This is a work inherited by our client from his Grandparents who bought it from a local Memphis art auction in the 1990s.

This limited edition signed print of Cloar’s original 1964 painting depicts an imaginary scene: a meeting of key members of Memphis society, with William Christopher Handy (left) and Edward Hull Crump (right) shaking hands in the center.

Signature on print bottom left corner.
Signature on white border bottom right corner.
Number 185/300 on white border, middle bottom.

Professional Frame and Matte
Inherited
Print 28x18
Full Frame 38x27

Handy, the “Father of the Blues,” and Crump, former mayor, represent the cultural and political aspects of the city unifying in front of the Old Daisy Theater on Beale Street.

Although this handshake serves as a symbol of integration between the figures, the scene is only a fictional part of Cloar’s vision of the South in the 1940s, which in reality would have faced rampant racial discrimination before the advent of the civil rights movement.
As a member of Rhodes College’s Class of 1934, Cloar also included college President Dr. Charles E. Diehl on the far left side of the group, who was responsible for bringing the College to its current Memphis location.

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