Contemporary Day Auction

Alma Thomas

Atmospheric Effect No. 6

Auction Closed

November 19, 09:47 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Alma Thomas

1891 - 1978

Atmospheric Effect No. 6

signed A. W. Thomas and dated '72 (lower left); signed Alma W Thomas, titled Atmospheric Effect No. 1, dated 72 twice and inscribed 1530 15th St NW (on the verso)

acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper

22¼ by 30½ in.

56.5 by 77.4 cm.

Executed in 1972.

We thank Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D from The Columbus Museum for the information he has kindly provided on this work.

Please note the correct title for this work is Atmospheric Effect No. 6.

Private Collection, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner in 2011

Exh. Cat., New York, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Alma Thomas, 2016, p. 234, illustrated

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Alma Thomas, 1972