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Lot 1248

Genevieve Wilcox Chandler

Estimate: $600 - $800

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(South Carolina, 1890-1980)Coastal South Carolina, signed lower right, "Genevieve Wilcox Chandler, 1970", mixed media on paper, 12 x 9 in.; modern gilt and painted frame, 20-3/4 x 16-1/4 in.Noe: Trained in South Carolina, at the Art Students League in New York and in England, Chandler was a prolific recorder of her coastal surroundings. This role extended beyond that of painter to include folklorist, essayist and museum curator. She also worked for the WPA recording stories of formerly enslaved people in the area around her home town of Murrells Inlet, SC. For 24 years, she was the custodian of Brookgreen Gardens and it was when she retired from this post that she returned to painting., Provenance: From the artist to fellow artist Ouida Salvo. from Ouida to her daughter, then to a Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina

Condition

very good overall surface, some toning, tape residue verso causing discoloration to paper; frame with minor nicks and scratches; frame with some abrasions
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