Dec 10, 2020 - Sale 2554

Sale 2554 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
JAMES LESESNE WELLS (1902 - 1992)
Untitled (Man Carving Idols).

Brush and ink drawing on cream wove paper, mounted to mat board, circa 1929. 190x152 mm; 7 1/2x6 inches.

Provenance: private collection, New York.

This illustration by Wells is from a series of drawings of African sculptural subjects. We have not been able to locate any publication.