Jun 08, 2006 - Sale 2082

Sale 2082 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
FRED JONES
Fisherman with Catch.

Watercolor on wove paper. 345x270 mm; 13 1/2x10 5/8 inches. Signed in watercolor, lower right.

An African-American painter from Chicago, Fred Jones is known for his paintings and drawings of jazz figures. He studied at the Art institute of Chicago with George Neal, the first black teacher at the Institute, and Eldzier Cortor, the Chicago artist known for his elegant figure studies.