Apr 07, 2016 - Sale 2409

Sale 2409 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
BENNY ANDREWS (1930 - 2006)
Chris Drawing Thomas.

Pen and ink on cream paper, 1965. 279x216 mm; 11x8 1/2 inches (sheet). Signed, titled and dated "1/7/65" in ink, lower center recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "11x8 1/2" in ink, lower center verso.

Provenance: the estate of the artist; gifted to the current owner, private collection.

Exhibited: American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, the Art of Benny Andrews, 1948 - 1997, the Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, September 4 - November 2, 1997.

This drawing depicts Benny Andrews' two sons Christopher and Thomas.