Apr 05, 2018 - Sale 2472

Sale 2472 - Lot 150

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LEROY W. ALLEN (1958 - 2007)
Sun Drops.

Watercolor on wove paper, 2001. 737x533 mm; 29x21 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "©" and "NWS" in ink, lower right.

Provenance: Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans; private collection, Florida.

Exhibited: Mississipi Museum of Art, Jackson MS.

Born in Kansas City, Leroy Allen attended the University of Kansas, Lawrence School of Design, with honors. Upon graduation, Allen became an artist at Hallmark Cards and also studied fine art at the Kansas City Art Institute. In 1999, Allen along with other artists organzied an exhibition, The Kansas City Six Reunion, which celebrated the art achievements of six artists who shared careers at Hallmark Cards. Allen became a signature member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS), the American Watercolor Society (AWS), the California Watercolor Society and the Kansas Watercolor Society. His work has been exhibited in Black Romantic (The Figurative Impulsive of African American Art), at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City.