Oct 03, 2024 - Sale 2680

Sale 2680 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 11,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
UNTIT WADSWORTH A. JARRELL (1929 - )
Untitled (Bar Scene).

Oil on illustration board, circa 1960-64. 356x305 mm; 14x12 inches. Signed in oil, lower right.

Provenance: private collection, Chicago.

In early 1960s Chicago, Wadsworth Jarrell developed his name by painting crowded jazz clubs and bar scenes, based on his sketches at these nightspots. In 1964, his watercolor The Art Pub was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago's Second Biennial of Prints, Drawings, Watercolors By Illinois Artists, causing his career to grow.