Feb 06, 2007 - Sale 2102

Sale 2102 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 10,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
LÖIS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1998)
Béthune.

Oil on canvas, circa 1937-8. 460x380 mm; 18x15 inches. Signed and titled in oil, lower right. Signed and titled in ink, upper stretcher bar. Signed, titled and inscribed "(Pas de Calais) dans le Nord de la France" and numbered "No. 65" in pencil, lower stretcher bars.

Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Gloria and Frank Johnson, Washington, DC; private Maryland collection.

Béthune is a city in Northern France, famous for its Beffroi (tower).