Jan 30, 2025 - Sale 2692

Sale 2692 - Lot 213

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

ALBERT PELS (1910 - 1998)


Carnival Scene.
Oil on canvas. 756x1010 mm; 29¾x39¾ inches. Signed lower right.

Funded by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, Albert Pels completed the following two murals: Normal, Illinois Post Office, "Development of the State Normal School," 1938; U.S. Courtroom of the Wilmington Post Office, "Landing of the Swedes at the Rocks in Wilmington," Wilmington, Delaware. The latter was moved to the Rodney Square Station Post Office, Wilmington, Delaware.