Lot 889
Lee (Emily) Godie (American, 1908-1995), "Portrait of Woman", felt tip marker and ink, signed upper left, 22 in. x 28 in. E300/500 Note: A homeless bag lady, Lee Godie began selling her self-proclaimed "French Impressionist" drawings on the steps outside of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1960s. Godie earned a strong reputation and recognition as a self-taught artist. Her paintings have been included in the exhibitions "Outsider Art in Chicago" organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1979 and "Artist Lee Godie: A Twenty-Year Retrospective" organized by the Chicago Cultural Center in 1993. Ref: Rosenak, Chuck and Jan, Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990, pp. 139-140.
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