Leroy Foster

Lot 49: LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Summer River.

Name: LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Summer River.
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: lfdhkig3gn

Est: $4,000 USD - $6,000 USDSold:

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USFebruary 06, 2007

Item Overview

Description

LEROY FOSTER (1925 - )
Summer River.

Watercolor on illustration board, circa 1948. 360x445 mm; 14 1/8x17 1/2 inches. Signed in watercolor, lower right.

This early watercolor is a self portrait of the young artist with a friend. Foster is a Detroit artist who studied at the Art School of the Detroit Society of the Arts. He taught at Cass Technical High School where he was himself a student, and in 1958 later founded the Contemporary Studio, with artists Charles McGee and Henri Umbaii King. He is best known for his mural of Frederick Douglass in the downtown branch of the Detroit Public Library.

Artist or Maker

Leroy Foster

Auction Details

AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART

Swann Auction Galleries

February 06, 2007, 01:30 PM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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