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ALLAN ROHAN CRITE (1910 - 2007) Untitled (Backyard Scene).
Watercolor, pen, ink and wash on wove paper, 1943. 273x203 mm; 10 3/4x8 inches. Signed, initialed and dated "6/43" in watercolor, lower right recto. Signed and inscribed "2 Dilworth St, Boston, Mass" (the artist's address) in ink, lower left verso.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection.
This delightful watercolor is a fresh and charming street view that epitomize's Crite's "Neighborhood Series" from the 1930s and 40s--his observations of the activities of African Americans in Boston's Roxbury and South End districts.
