Nov 18, 2010 - Sale 2231

Sale 2231 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
CECIL BELL
Girl Reading on Ferry.

Oil on board, 1964. 405x303 mm; 16x12 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. With the artist's estate ink stamp, verso.

Born in Seattle, Cecil Bell (1906--1970) moved to New York to study at The Art Students League with John Sloan. Inspired by the vibrant life of the city while living on Staten Island, Bell often sketched and painted images of ferry commuters to and from Manhattan.