May 23, 2002 - Sale 1937

Sale 1937 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
BEN SHAHN
Seated Woman in a Yellow Dress in Oriental Interior<>.

Watercolor and brush and ink on buff wove paper, circa 1927. 293x230 mm; 11½x9 inches. Ex-collection the aritst, with the ink stamp lower right verso.

The current work, similar to lot , reveals the influence of Matisse on Shahn, following his travels in Europe and North Africa.