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Treadway Gallery 20th Century Auction
Lot 598

598. Evelynne Mess (American, b.1903), "Sunset, Brown County Home", c.1940; oil/board, 19" x 27", signed. Mess was an Indianapolis modernist and was married to George Jo Mess. The two painted regionalist scenes in Indianapolis, and exhibited throughout the 1930s-40s, at the Hoosier Salon, Los Angeles Museum, Brown County Art Association, and the John Herron Art Institute. 600-800


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Lots 599-602

599. Frederic Taubes (American, b.1900), "Portrait of a Woman", c.1945; oil/canvas, 32" x 23", signed. Taubes studied at the Munich Art Academy with Franz von Stuck, and later at the Weimar Bauhaus with J. Itten. He exhibited modernist works, mostly figurative, from the 1930s-40s. He worked in Chicago and in California. 500-700

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600. Lou Kousens (American, 1899-1997), "Adam and Eve", c.1940; oil/canvas, 14" x 10", initialed verso. Kousens studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Art. He also worked with Milford Zornes in Mexico, and at the University of Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oak Park Art League. 300-500

601. Marc Chagall (French, 1889-1985), lot of two color lithos, each 13" x 10", unsigned, Pace Galleries label on verso. 600-800

602. Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Surrealist Scene", c.1960; color lithograph, 24" x 16", pencil signed, dated, and numbered. 400-600


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Lot 603

603. Turner (American 20th century), "Black Soil", c.1940; airbrush watercolor, 24" x 30", signed. Strong regionalist image. 400-600


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