SAMELLA LEWIS (1923 2022) Jacob (Bayou Portrait)

Sale 2693 - Lot 5

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

SAMELLA LEWIS (1923 - 2022)
Jacob (Bayou Portrait).

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 1950. 279x216 mm; 11x8½ inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Titled and inscribed "Bayou Portrait/Watercolor" in pencil, verso.

Provenance
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (label).
Estate of Patricia Scipio-Brim, New York.

Exhibited
Evolution, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1 - November 30, 2016.

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In 1949, Lewis lived with relatives in the Bayou Teche region of Louisiana, painting portraits of Creole workers from the sugarcane fields.