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Lot 218
Claude Howell (NC, 1915-1997), The Oyster Bed
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated 1964 at lower right, inscribed on the verso with title and numbered 2986, matted and framed under glass.

SS 12.5 x 15.5 in.; DOA 20.75 x 22.25 in.

From the Collection of the late Mr. Bryan Haislip, Winston-Salem and Tarboro, North Carolina

Accompanied by a letter written and signed by Janet Maulden on The Woman's College of The University of North Carolina - Greensboro letterhead indicating the watercolor was purchased by Mr. Bryan Haislip for $48 on October 18, 1965.

Born in Wilmington, Howell received his early artistic training from an eccentric British transplant, Elisabeth Chant. He went on to seek further training during his travels to artist colonies in the Northeast, New York, and Paris. Through these travels, Howell learned to paint what he knew and loved - life along the Cape Fear.

Scattered foxing and toning to sheet - not examined out of the frame.

$1,000 - 2,000