Feb 17, 2011 - Sale 2237

Sale 2237 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 5,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1998)
Untitled (Standing Male Model).

Oil on canvas, circa 1947-51. 762x508 mm; 30 1/2x20 inches. Signed in pencil and inscribed "Paris" in oil, verso.

Provenance: Bill Hodges Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; private collection.

This large, academic nude was painted by the artist shortly after she returned to Paris in 1947.