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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
ELLIS WILSON (1899 - 1977) Still Life.
Oil on board, circa 1950. 241x318 mm; 9 1/2x12 1/2 inches. Signed in oil, lower right.
Provenance: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (1995); John Axelrod, Boston (2000); the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2011).
Exhibited: Exultations: African American Artists, 20th Century Masterworks II, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, February 1 - April 8, 1995; Long Beach Museum of Art, New York, June 3 - August 20, 1995; The Art of Ellis Wilson: A Retrospective, Murray State University, February 14 - March 14, 2000; the University of Kentucky Art Museum, April 9 - June 25, 2000, with the gallery labels on the frame back.
Illustrated: Albert Sperath et al, The Art of Ellis Wilson: A Retrospective, p. 42; Exultations: African American Artists, 20th Century Masterworks II, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, p. 45.
