Claude Howell (NC, 1915-1997), View from Southport (Towards Bald Head Island)

Watercolor on paper, 1950, signed and dated at lower left.

Sheet size 12 3/4 x 20 in.; Frame dimensions 23 1/2 x 31 in.

Purchased by the consignor's father in 1950 from the Joe Wright Holman Bookshop in Wilmington, North Carolina

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.

Toning to sheet and some fading to colors.