Claude Howell (NC, 1915-1997), Man with Pipe

Pencil on paper, 1933, signed at lower right, matted and framed below glass.

Sheet size 9 3/4 x 5 in.; Frame dimensions 18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.

From the Collection of the late A. Everette James, Jr., M.D., J.D., Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina

Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, 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.

Slight toning and a few spots to the sheet, not examined outside the frame.