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Premier Auction - Session II - February 4, 2023

Sat, Feb 4, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 1056

Stephen Scott Young

Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000

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(American, born 1957)

White Wash, signed upper right "SS Young 03", watercolor on paper, 21-3/4 x 29-3/4 in.; wood and composition frame, 35-1/2 x 43-1/4 in.

Note: Inscribed by the artist verso:

"Near white point is Hatchet Bay. Each day the old woman who lives in this house near the Queens Highway puts out her fresh wash, usually bleached whites.

Zaria looked beautiful in her white dress among all the white washed linens. Started summer 02, completed April 03 2002

SS Young, Jupiter Florida, Eleuthera Bahamas"

Exhibited: "A View From the Bahamas: Watercolors by Stephen Scott Young", Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, February 6 - May 10th 2004

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut [[southernart]]

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Condition

surface is excellent; frame excellent, minor scratches at corners

Estate of Peter Tillou; Private Collection