Lot 1212: HARMON, LILY, American, born 1912, died 1998,

HARMON, LILY, American, born 1912, died 1998, "First Born" (mother breast feeding her child, three studies in black and white), etching , plate mark 7 ¼"x11 ¾". pencil signed lower right, #127/250 at left, matted and framed. To quote from "Ask/Art", "born in 1912 in New Haven, she studied art at Yale School of Fine Arts in New Haven, then at Academie Colarossi in Paris and the Art Students League in New York. By the 1930's, she was working in a "Social Realist Style - - - - -". "Mrs Harmon had her first solo exhibition at the Associated American Artists Gallery inNew York in 1944. She met millionaire Joseph Hirshorn, one of the most active art collectors of his generation, in the early 40's when he visited her studio to see her paintings. They were married in 1945 and adopted two infant daughters in 1946 and 1950."

Opening bid: $100.