tim hardin wrote if i was a carpenter and you were a lady.
tim hardin wrote if i was a carpenter and you were a lady.
who wrote if i was a carpenter and you were a lady?
tim hardin
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henry ossawa tanner, one of america's first successful african american artists, was a close friend of j. s. carpenter. how they met is unknown, but it probably was on a buying trip to new york or while carpenter studied art in france, based on anecdotal evidence. the friendship started as a business relationship. carpenter wanted a tanner canvas for the association of fine arts. carpenter was enthralled with tanner's works in general. carpenter wanted to place as many tanner's works in des moines as possible. part was his love of the style and part the appeal to the consumer. carpenter brokered paintings for tanner at a 25% commission. carpenter often begged tanner to send more paintings to des moines for placement. the best example of their true friendship came in 19** when carpenter was shopping for art in new youk city. carpenter came upon a large tanner canvas at a gallery. the price was not what tanner would usually receive. carpenter believed the canvas was acquired by nefarious means. carpenter contacted tanner, who was then living in france, to ask if the canvas was stolen. carpenter discovered that tanner stored six pictures with an art warehouse. the business closed and the owner took the pictures to another storage area. the owner died with his widow auctioning the paintings off and keeping the money for herself. carpenter took it upon himself to seek out the auctioned tanner canvases and recover as many as possible. carpenter expended his own funds for the entire recovery process at a cost of $?. the ordeal started in 19** and by 19** the cost of recovery totaled. tanner paid him back from the proceeds of the sales 19**. the letters that followed this misadventure revealed a trusting friendship. tanner assisted carpenter in acquiring the hand of rodan for $1,000.00 along with provenance for the fine arts association. a bronze that is still in the des moines art center collection. tanner also bid at auctions for carpenter's friends and for carpenter. carpenter gave tanner free rein to bid on, "a large work, from a big artist at a small price." in tanner's final year of life he confided in carpenter that many canvases were in the studio but he had not the strength to complete the work. tanner referenced a new tempera mix for which he was very excited. in carpenter's final letter to tanner, 1936, carpenter noted two weeks in chicago for medical treatment and the stagnant art market. carpenter and tanner demonstrated a true and trusted friendship to their final days of life.
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