The first a double sided study depicting a group of four figures to recto and other gesture studies to verso, graphite, ink and umber watercolor on Arches laid paper; the second of a group of figures, ink and umber watercolor on Arches paper; the third of three figures and cloudscape, graphite and watercolor on Arches paper; each signed and dated 1967 to lower right, unframed.

11" x 17 in. each (approximately)

Deaccessioned from and being sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro

Gifted to the Weatherspoon Art Museum in 1985 by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsky.

Paul Georges is known for his large-scale figurative allegories and his self-portraits. He learned from and became friends with many other great artists, including Fernand Léger, Hans Hofmann, Larry Rivers, Wolf Kahn, and Jane Freilicher. Georges' works are present in a number of significant museum collections, including the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago; Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton; and others. He was included in the Whitney Museum Annuals of 1961, 1963, 1967 and 1969.

Each with some toning to sheet; minor wear to corners and a few areas of smudging from unfixed dry media.