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Lot 415
Description:
Ellis Wilson (American/Kentucky, 1899-1977), "Grinding, Workers: New Jersey Defense Plant", oil on plywood, signed lower left, 16 in. x 20 in.
- Provenance: Provenance: Gift of the artist, to a close friend, New York City, and then as a gift to the current owner. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this painting will benefit the Red Cross Haitian Relief Fund. Note: Born to a working class family, Ellis Wilson grew up in the close-knit African-American community of Mayfield, Kentucky. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, he moved to Harlem, then a thriving cultural enclave for African Americans. As an artist, Wilson earned critical acclaim exhibiting with the prestigious Harmon Foundation and from his work for the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). He earned the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1944, on the strength of his New Jersey Defense Plant series of paintings. In 1952, Ellis Wilson won the Terry Art Institute Award, which afforded him travel to Haiti. This experience profoundly affected the artist¹s work in terms of style and reveals a heightened use of vibrant color.
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