Feb 17, 2011 - Sale 2237

Sale 2237 - Lot 12

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
JAMES LESESNE WELLS (1902 - 1992)
Two brush and ink drawings.

Untitled (Visitor to African Village). 248x169 mm; 9 3/4x8 1/2 inches * Untitled (Worship with Masks). 191x127 mm; 7 1/2x5 inches. Both on cream wove paper, circa 1929.

Provenance: private collection, same collection as lots 10 and 11.

These early illustrations are for an unknown publication. The first is ink stamped "Dec 12 1929" and inscribed "Downtown Gallery" in pencil on the mat.