Minnie Evans (NC, 1892-1987), Untitled (Butterflies)

Oil crayon, ink, and pencil on paper, signed at lower right, matted and framed under glass.


Sheet size 12 x 8 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 19 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Mr. Jonathan P. Alcott, Raleigh, North Carolina

Minnie Evans was the longtime gatekeeper at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, North Carolina. A self-taught artist, her paintings are in numerous prominent collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia, the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and many more.

Some toning to the sheet and wear at the edges, not examined outside the frame.