775. Abbott Pattison (American, 20th century), "Reclining Nude", c.1950; gouache/paper, 18" x 22", signed. Pattison was a Chicago modernist painter and sculptor. He is listed in Who is Who in American Art (c.1950). 400-600

776. Abbott Pattison (American, 20th century), "Head of a Woman", c.1950; oil/canvas, 23" x 18", signed. Pattison was a Chicago modernist painter and sculptor. He is listed in Who is Who in American Art (c.1950). 400-600

777. Henry Avery (American, b.1906), "Abstract Composition", c.1968; oil/board, 20" x 21", signed and dated. Important Chicago African-American painter and sculptor. Avery executed W.P.A. murals (Easel Division, 1937-39) and was a member of the South Side Settlement House, Chicago. He exhibited at the 48th Annual Art Institute of Chicago Show, Library of Congress (1937-40), American Negro Expo (1940), Howard College, Institute of Modern Art, Boston (1943) and the James A. Porter Gallery (1970). 2500-3500

778. Fred Shane (American, b.1906), "Missouri Landscape", c.1940; oil/masonite, 18" x 24", signed and dated. Important Missouri regionalist painter. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, World's Fair New York, Denver Art Museum and the Los Angeles Museum of Art (all in the 1930s-40s). Shane's "American Scene" style paintings usually depicted rural life in the Midwest, much like his friends and contemporaries, Thomas Hart Benton and Joe Jones. 1500-2500

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