Jun 08, 2010 - Sale 2216

Sale 2216 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 14,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
JARED FRENCH
Self Portrait.

Watercolor on thick cream wove paper, circa 1930s. 148x132 mm; 5 3/4x5 1/4 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left recto.

Ex-collection the estate of the artist. After French's death in Rome in 1988, this self portrait remained with his Italian companion until it was passed on to the current owner (see also lots 57-74 from the same collection). Taking into account the background and the "American Scene" style of this work, it is possible that it was painted in the early 1930s during his stay with Paul Cadmus in Mallorca.