Morgan, Franklin Townsend

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Morgan, Franklin Townsend

Morgan, Franklin Townsend (1883-1965).

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Tug Pulling A Barge/Skyline Cityscape by Franklin Townsend Morgan (1883-1965)

20" x 16", Oil/Canvas, Signed on Reverse

Est.: $1,000 - $1,50
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $4,012 on 02/15/2000
ARTIST WORLD RECORD

The following is from Brian Everhart (on Askart.com):

I am the grandson of Franklin Townsend Morgan. He did in fact die in 1965, in Englewood, FL. He has a collection of art as part of the permanent collection at the Key West Art & Historical Society Customs House Museum, in tribute to his days (1935-1941) with the WPA Artists program in the Keys. He was the second Art Director of the Key West Art Society (the precursor to the above), and traveled throughout the Keys, Cuba and the Virgin Islands during this time.

He was President of the Morgan Steel Company in Annapolis, MD before the Depression washed it out, and before that raised three daughters in Rose Valley, Pa. My mother, Norma Morgan is the only remaining sister, living in Winter Haven, FL.

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