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CHARLES SEBREE (1914 - 1985) Harlequin.
Gouache and beeswax with pigment on paper, 1982. 254x196 mm; 10x7 3/4 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower left.
Provenance: Mr. Louis Allan Ford, Washington, DC.
Charles Sebree is known for his enigmatic paintings of romantic, harlequin-like figures inspired by theater and the art of Rouault and Picasso. Born in Madisonville, Kentucky, Sebree emerged as a young member of the Chicago art scene in the 1930s. With his Englewood High School classmates Margaret Burroughs, Eldzier Cortor and Charles White, he studied under George Neal as a member of the Arts Crafts Guild. Sebree worked for the Illinois Federal Art Project in the WPA easel painting division from 1936-38. He also taught at the Southside Community Art Center with Burroughs, Cortor and White.
