SMITH ALBERT Portrait of a woman

Sale 2068 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 4,830

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

SMITH, ALBERT. Portrait of a woman. Oil on canvas, 23-1/2x19-1/2 inches, framed. Signed by the artist in the lower left hand corner. Np, circa 1930-1940.

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Smith (1896-1940) was born in New York City where he attended the Ethical Culture School; he was the first African American to win a scholarship there. He later became the first African American to study at the National Academy of Design. In World War I he saw action with the noted 807 Pioneer "Harlem Hell Fighters," then returned to the National Academy of Design. He soon left for Paris, and for the next twenty years lived and worked in the Montmartre district. He traveled throughout Europe, studying art in Italy, Spain and Belgium, earning his living as a musician and cabaret singer. He also managed to exhibit regularly in Paris and Brussels, and also sent works back to the United States for exhibition and sale. His work was exhibited in every one of the the Harmon Foundation's catalogues except that of 1933.