Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Modern and Design

Thu, Jun 10, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 2

Howard Wilbur Thomas

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

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$3,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(North Carolina/Georgia, 1899-1971)

Untitled, signed at lower border "H Thomas", verso additional image, mixed media, 20 x 31 in.; metal frame, 25 x 35 in.

Provenance: Collection from Blue Haven, designed by Carter Williams, Raleigh, North Carolina

Note: Howard Thomas began his career as an artist by studying at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1919. He went on to teach at a number of schools including what would become the University of North Carolina (Greensboro) and the University of Georgia where he remained until his retirement in 1965. He worked in a variety of media including, in his later years, the use of natural earth pigments.

Condition

light foxing, paper slightly toned; frame with minor abrasions

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