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Lot 119

Louis Harris: African American Nude Study

Estimate: $700 - $1,000
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Louis Harris (American, 1902 - 1970): Nude Study of an African American Woman, 1959. Watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower left, framed.

Louis Harris (1902-1970) was an American painter known for his nudes, landscapes and portraits. He studied at the Art Students League of New York, with Max Weber, and worked in oils and watercolor. There he met other students with whom he would collaborate in the years ahead, eventually exhibiting along with Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, and others at a 1928 show at Opportunity Galleries.

22 x 18 inches framed; 18 x 11.25 inches sight.

Private collection Rhode Island.

Aged condition; the paper is wrinkled and creased throughout; paper is toned; moisture damage lower right corner; foxing lower left.

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