Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 97

Price Realized: $ 201
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(ART.) TAPLEY, MELVIN. Untitled conte crayon drawing, depicting a bar and dance-hall scene, with what appears to be a brothel above, and with 2 of Father Devine's "Angels" entering, one with Bible in hand, 10 1/2x16 inches sight size; slightly toned; Signed by Tapley in the lower right; matted. New York, probably late 1940s