Harvey T. Dunn (American, 1884-1952) Coming Off Duty, American Legion Monthly magazine cover, January 1930 Oil on canvas 38 x 34 inches (96.5 x 86.4 cm) Initialed lower left: HD EXHIBITED: Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, Distant Lands, The Art of the Story: Works from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration, January 19-May 6, 2001; The Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, Stories to Tell: Masterworks from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration, February 14-May 21, 2006. When Harvey Dunn was chosen as an artist-correspondent with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I, his work took on a gritty boldness and emotional depth that would characterize much of his career. The expressive brushwork and dynamic composition in Coming Off Duty make this cover for American Legion Monthly magazine a powerful example of his ability to humanize the experiences of soldiers with reverence and poignancy. The present work appears in Harvey Dunn: Pioneer Painter of the Middle Border by William Henry Holladay (Ohio State University, 1970) and on page 110 of Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed (Fleske Publications, 2010). HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice