Lot 788: LUN HARRIS (American, 1918-2008). ABSTRACTIONS: TWO WORKS, first, signed and dated 1959 lower right. Ink and watercolor on paper. Secon

Name: LUN HARRIS (American, 1918-2008). ABSTRACTIONS: TWO WORKS, first, signed and dated 1959 lower right. Ink and watercolor on paper. Secon
Brand: Sloans & Kenyon
SKU: kvocyg6k7r

Est: $300 USD - $500 USD

Sloans & KenyonChevy Chase, MD, USSeptember 13, 2008

Item Overview

Description

LUN HARRIS (American, 1918-2008). ABSTRACTIONS: TWO WORKS, first, signed and dated 1959 lower right. Ink and watercolor on paper. Second, signed and dated '59 in pencil lower right. Ink on paper - First, framed, sight: 32 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in., second, framed, sight: 18 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Lun Harris

Notes

Washington native Licien King
'Lun' Harris attended both the
Corcoran School of Art, where she
studied with Richard Lahey and
Eugene Weiss, and the Maryland
Institute College of Art. She also
studied with Lowell Nesbitt at the
Baltimore Museum of Art.
Mrs. Harris started her career as
a fashion illustrator at Washington
department store Lansburgh's.
Subsequently she was hired by
The Hecht Co., as chief fashion
illustrator. Mrs. Harris moved to
Baltimore in 1946 after her
marriage to Barney 'Barr' Harris,
where she taught figure drawing
and fashion illustration at the
Community College of Baltimore
(1960-65) and Maryland Institute
College of Art (1966-91).

PROVENANCE: Estate of Licien "Lun" King Harris, Baltimore, MD

Auction Details

Day 2: Three Day Estate Catalogue Auctio

Sloans & Kenyon

September 13, 2008, 10:00 AM EST

7034 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, US

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