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FREDERICK D. JONES, JR. (1914 - 2004) Harlequins.
Watercolor on thick wove paper, 1949. 350x254 mm; 13 3/4x10 inches. Signed in watercolor, upper left.
Provenance: private collection, Chicago; thence by descent to the current owner.
Harlequins is a fine example of Chicago artist Fred Jones's early exploration of surrealism in the late 1940s. With the Arts Craft Guild, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with mentor George Neal and fellow young artists Eldzier Cortor, Charles Sebree and Charles White. Jones joined this group of Chicago artists involved in the founding of the South Side Community Art Center in Bronzeville in the early 1940s. His work is found in many collections, including the Clark Atlanta University Art collection, the Minnesota Museum of Art, and the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Washington, DC.
