WILLIAM WAITHE ( - 2005) Untitled (Newark Street Scene).
Oil on canvas, circa 1980. 355x762 mm; 14x30 inches. Signed in oil, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private New York collection.
Born in Harlem, William Waithe studied painting, drafting and architecture at New York University and Queens College. He was known for painting outdoors, and is particularly identified with cityscapes. Waithe's background in architecture shows in the realism of his landscape paintings. His interest in architecture extended to the preservation of his adopted Columbia, SC. Waithe lived and exhibited in both New York and South Carolina.
