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Auction archive: Lot number 13

JAMES LESESNE WELLS (1902 - 1992

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Auction archive: Lot number 13

JAMES LESESNE WELLS (1902 - 1992

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Beschreibung:

JAMES LESESNE WELLS (1902 - 1992) Untitled (African Fetish). Linoleum cut on tissue-thin Japan paper. circa 1929. 114x83 mm; 4 1/2x3 1/4 wide margins. This very scarce Harlem Renaissance print is a wonderful example of James Lesesne Wells' block prints and his interest in the influence of African sculpture on modern art. Wells exhibited several simiilar prints in the Exhibition of the Work of Negro Arts at the Harmon Foundation in New York in 1931.

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
22 Apr 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

JAMES LESESNE WELLS (1902 - 1992) Untitled (African Fetish). Linoleum cut on tissue-thin Japan paper. circa 1929. 114x83 mm; 4 1/2x3 1/4 wide margins. This very scarce Harlem Renaissance print is a wonderful example of James Lesesne Wells' block prints and his interest in the influence of African sculpture on modern art. Wells exhibited several simiilar prints in the Exhibition of the Work of Negro Arts at the Harmon Foundation in New York in 1931.

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
22 Apr 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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