Jun 13, 2019 - Sale 2513

Sale 2513 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
WILLIAM R. CHRISTOPHER
Red Interior.

Oil on masonite, circa 1960. 400x300 mm; 15 3/4x11 3/4 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto.

Ex-collection private collection, New Jersey.

Christopher (1924-1973) was both an artist and a civil rights activist; he was a representative of the Dartmouth, New Hampshire, branch of the NAACP. Christopher's partner was the fellow Magic Realism artist George Tooker (1920-2011).