Oct 07, 2008 - Sale 2156

Sale 2156 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 7,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
SAMELLA LEWIS (1924 - )
The White House.

Oil on canvas, 1969. 912x760 mm; 36x30 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower left.

Provenance: the artist; ex-collection Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles; Palm Springs Desert Museum, with the labels on the frame back; de-acquisitioned in April of 1982 and acquired by the current owner, a private collector of Southern Art.

Exhibited: Selections from the Permanent Collection, the Palm Springs Desert Museum, November 27, 1970 - January 17, 1971; May 1 - June 1, 1980; September 13 - October 19, 1980.