Louise E. Jefferson Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1908 - d. 2002

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    • LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY
      Feb. 08, 2020

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY

      Est: $700 - $1,200

      2 pieces in this lot (A) African Woman, collage 13 x 6 3/4 in , signed lower right, (B) Giraffe (Twiga), ink and watercolor, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in, signed lower right, PROVENANCE: Gift from the artist to present collector Granby, CT. A letter will accompany this lot

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    • LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY
      Feb. 08, 2020

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY

      Est: $700 - $1,200

      2 Drawings in this lot, (A) Head of a Young Black Child, (B) Black Children in Celebration, both mixed media, both 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in , not signed, PROVENANCE: Gift from the artist to present collector Granby, CT. A letter will accompany this lot

      Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
    • LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY
      Feb. 08, 2020

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY

      Est: $700 - $1,200

      2 drawings in this lot (A) African Man in a Boat, (B) Head of a Young Boy, both pencil drawings, both 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in, not signed, PROVENANCE: Gift from the artist to present collector Granby, CT. A letter will accompany this lot.

      Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
    • LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY
      Feb. 08, 2020

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON AMERICAN MID 20TH CENTURY

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      8 Drawings of Africans and Artifacts, colored pencil and pencil, ranging in size 2 1/4 x 2/3/4 in to 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in , signed in the middle drawing, PROVENANCE: Gift from the artist to present collector Granby, CT. letter will accompany this lot.

      Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
    • LOUISE E. JEFFERSON (1908 - 2002) Blues Singer.
      Apr. 05, 2018

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON (1908 - 2002) Blues Singer.

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON (1908 - 2002) Blues Singer. Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1938. 210x286 mm; 8 1/4x11 1/4 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and dated in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: the estate of the artist; private collection, Connecticut. Illustrated: African-American Artists, 1929 - 1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, pg. 71. This is the first known lithograph of Louise Jefferson to come to auction. We located another impression of this very scarce print in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with the supplied title, The Nightclub Singer. Another possible impression of this lithograph, entitled Lounge Singer, 1938, is listed in the artist's papers at the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • LOUISE E. JEFFERSON (1908 - 2002) Untitled (Dancers).
      Apr. 05, 2018

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON (1908 - 2002) Untitled (Dancers).

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      LOUISE E. JEFFERSON (1908 - 2002) Untitled (Dancers). Watercolor and pen and ink on cream wove paper, circa 1938. 146x133 mm; 5 3/4x5 1/4 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right. Provenance: the estate of the artist; private collection, Connecticut. Photographer, illustrator, graphic designer and author of several books, Louise Jefferson was born in Washington, DC to a musically gifted and artistic family. She moved to New York City to pursue her career in graphics, attending Hunter College for fine arts and Columbia University for graphic design. She became heavily involved in the art community of Harlem in 1935 — she was one of the founding members of the Harlem Artists Guild with Charles Alston, Henry Bannarn, Romare Bearden, Elba Lightfoot, Augusta Savage and Grayson Walker. In 1938 Jefferson was appointed instructor at the Harlem Community Art Center, teaching lithography to young artists like Bob Blackburn, for the WPA. She designed posters for the YMCA in New York City before becoming the Artistic Director for the Friendship Press in 1942. She also designed numerous book jackets and maps for various publishing companies and universities. Later in her career, she travelled throughout Africa, where she photographed and illustrated for her book, The Decorative Arts of Africa, which was published in 1973. In her late years, she settled in Connecticut where she maintained an artist studio, tended to her garden and captured snapshots of her home in Litchfield, Connecticut.

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