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x	Lot 20	Dean Cornwell						1892-1960		x
x		Preliminary version of monumental portrait of Theodore Vail, president of AT& T.								x
x		Oil on canvas, 57 x 67", not signed.								x
x		Estimate: $8,000 - 16,000								x
x		In this portrait, Vail, depicted as he would have looked around 1910, surrounded by objects emblematic of his career, as he was instrumental to the globalization of telephone communications. The lot includes a copy of the 50th Anniversary issue of Topics, a house publication of AT& T. This issue features the completed portrait on the cover as well as a complete reproduction of the vast mural Cornwell made for the headquarters, entitled, “Telephone Men and Women at Work”. In her biography of Cornwell, Pat Broder dates the portraits ca. 1953, and it is likely that they were rather new at the time they were showcased in this issue.								x
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x		Also included in the lot is a photo of the Board of Trustees and the board room, showing the finished portrait of Vail installed at the far end. There is a diagram included, identifying each board member. In the front and center is James McCormack, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and one of the richest men in America at the time.								x
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