Feb 06, 2007 - Sale 2102

Sale 2102 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 14,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
LÖIS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1988)
Untitled (Rome Street Scene).

Oil on panel, 1938. 460x375 mm; 18x14 7/8 inches, full margins. Signed, inscribed "Rome" and dated in oil, lower right.

Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Gloria and Frank Johnson, Washington, DC; private Maryland collection.

Before her return to the U.S, after receiving an extension of her fellowship, Jones visited Rome, Venice and Milan.