Feb 23, 2010 - Sale 2203

Sale 2203 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
FREDERICK D. JONES (1914 - 2004)
Untitled (Standing Female Nude).

Oil on canvas, circa 1955-60. 762x505 mm; 30x20 inches. Signed in oil, lower right.

Provenance: a private Chicago collection.

A noted painter and printmaker from Chicago, Fred Jones painted the female form throughout his career. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with George Neal and Eldzier Cortor. Jones became involved in the Southside Community Center in the early 1940s. His work is found in the Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries, the Evans-Tibbs collection, Washington, DC and the collection of Darrell Walker, Little Rock, AK.