Albert Wells Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Albert Wells Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 26, 2024
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). Three Works by Albert Wells. “Untitled Nude Painting”. Twentieth century
Est: $400 - $600
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). Three Works by Albert Wells. “Untitled Nude Painting”. Twentieth century. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Unframed. 22 x 18”. Some paint cracking, lightly soiled. -- “Drawing of a Nude Woman”. 1951. Conté crayon on brown paper. Signed and dated. Sight of all approximately 16 x 8 ½”. Matted and framed under glass 21 x 14”. Some visible wear, soiling, bubbling. -- “Untitled Still Life”. 1948. Signed and dated. 19 ½ x 25”. Canvas is rolled with significant curling and crease marks. Paint flaking, cracking. Mildly soiled. Nail holes along perimeter. Overall good condition.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Dec. 06, 2023
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). A Trio of Drawings of ...
Est: $400 - $600
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). A Trio of Drawings of Nude Women. [Ca. 1950s]. All are Conté crayon on brown paper. One is signed at the lower left corner, the other two have no visible signatures. Sight of all approximately 19 ½ x 11 ½”. All matted and framed under glass 28 x 19 ½”. Some visible wear, soiling, bubbling, one sketch has a tear near the upper margin.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Dec. 06, 2023
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). Abstracted Nude Woman....
Est: $400 - $600
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). Abstracted Nude Woman. [Ca. 1950]. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Image: 21 ½ x 15 with ¾” margins on canvas from previous stretching. Rolled, worn, with creasing in painting.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Dec. 06, 2023
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). Nude Woman. 1950. Oil ...
Est: $500 - $700
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). Nude Woman. 1950. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated at lower left corner. 24 x 18”. Some wear to paint at margins, some soiling on verso. Very good.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Dec. 06, 2023
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001) Three Monochromes. Two ...
Est: $400 - $600
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001) Three Monochromes. Two Portraits and Flowers. Oil on Masonite (Female) and Oil on canvas (Male and Flowers). Not dated. Unsigned. Largest: 21 ¾ x 16 ¾”. Surface dirt on all with edgewear, a few nail holes and worn corners on Masonite. Home-made stretchers with some bar marks.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Dec. 06, 2023
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). A Group of Five Sketch...
Est: $500 - $700
WELLS, Albert (American, 1920-2001). A Group of Five Sketchbooks with Hundreds of Original Sketches. [V.p., ca. 1940s-1950s]. Five sketchbooks, each with approximately 150 sketches per book, totaling nearly 750 sketches (sketches are on rectos only). Sketches are in pencil or ink, or charcoal, one sketch is in watercolor. None are signed by Wells. Sketchbooks are bound in original textured black cloth over thin boards (bindings are somewhat worn, soiled, a few hinges starting, some occasional soiling to some sketches). One book has the name and New York address of Wells’ teacher, famed painter Hale Woodruff (American, 1900-1980). Wells was one of many Morehouse College men who studied painting with noted artist Hale Woodruff, the widely respected director of Atlanta University’s art department. Under Woodruff’s tutelage, Wells became a member of the so-called “Outhouse School,” an informal guild of African American painters known for their landscapes depicting the rural scenery of Georgia. Woodruff encouraged his fellow black artists to transcribe unvarnished details of everyday life in their work, drawing attention, as he told Time magazine in 1942, to “its peculiar run-down landscape, its social and economic problems, [and] the Negro people.” Following his release from the military in December 1945, Wells moved to Chicago, Illinois, and little is known about his artistic career after this point. He remained there and worked as a teacher in the public school system before his death in 2001. An excellent group.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Aug. 22, 2023
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) American
Est: $800 - $1,500
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) Oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures ( 18 x 24 inches ) w/frame ( 23.5 x 29.5 ) Scarce information is documented about Albert Wellâ€™s childhood, outside of his birth in Augusta, Georgia, to William and Elizabeth Wells. Census records from 1930 note the familyâ™s continued residence in that city, but by the end of that decade, Albert had moved to the state capital of Atlanta, where he was enrolled at Morehouse College. A reciprocal agreement between Morehouse and two nearby historically black collegesâ€”Spelman College and Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University)â€”allowed students to cross-register for classes on the other campuses. Wells was one of many Morehouse men who studied painting under noted artist and teacher Hale Woodruff, the widely respected director of Atlanta Universityâ€™s art department. Under Woodruffâ€™s tutelage, Wells became a member of the so-called â€œOuthouse School,” an informal guild of African American painters known for their landscapes depicting the rural scenery of Georgia.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jul. 01, 2023
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) American
Est: $800 - $1,500
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) Oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures ( 18 x 24 inches ) w/frame ( 23.5 x 29.5 ) Scarce information is documented about Albert Well’s childhood, outside of his birth in Augusta, Georgia, to William and Elizabeth Wells. Census records from 1930 note the family’s continued residence in that city, but by the end of that decade, Albert had moved to the state capital of Atlanta, where he was enrolled at Morehouse College. A reciprocal agreement between Morehouse and two nearby historically black colleges—Spelman College and Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University)—allowed students to cross-register for classes on the other campuses. Wells was one of many Morehouse men who studied painting under noted artist and teacher Hale Woodruff, the widely respected director of Atlanta University’s art department. Under Woodruff’s tutelage, Wells became a member of the so-called “Outhouse School,” an informal guild of African American painters known for their landscapes depicting the rural scenery of Georgia.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Nov. 13, 2022
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) American. "Snow "
Est: $500 - $5,000
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) Oil on Canvas , Signed , measures 18" x 24"
Cutler Bay Auctions
Sep. 21, 2022
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) American. "Snow "
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Albert Wells (1920 - 2001) Oil on Canvas , Signed , measures 18" x 24"
Cutler Bay Auctions
May. 04, 2018
Albert Wells Price XX, Oil on canvas, Autumnal landscape, Signed lower left
Est: £70 - £100
Albert Wells Price XX, Oil on canvas, Autumnal landscape, Signed lower left. 18 x 24''
Claydon Auctioneers
May. 04, 2018
Albert Wells Price XX, Oil on canvas, Summer landscape, Signed lower left.
Est: £70 - £100
Albert Wells Price XX, Oil on canvas, Summer landscape, Signed lower left. 18 x 24''
Claydon Auctioneers
Jun. 06, 2015
Albert Wells, (American, 1920-2001), Nude in the Studio, 1949, oil on canvas, 23.5" x 17.5”
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Albert Wells (American, 1920-2001) Nude in the Studio, 1949 oil on canvas signed and dated 23.5" x 17.5'
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 06, 2014
Albert Wells, (American, 1918-2001), Still Life, October, 1948, oil on canvas, 25.5" x 24"
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
Albert Wells (American, 1918-2001) Still Life, October, 1948 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right 25.5" x 24"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 06, 2009
Albert Wells (American, 1918-2001) "Nude
Est: $800 - $1,200
Albert Wells (American, 1918-2001) "Nude Portrait," 1950, oil on canvas, 20" x 16", signed and dated lower right, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers