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Tue, Oct 18, 2022 10:00AM EDT
Lot 187

Joe Bowler (NY/SC, 1928-2017), Ashley, Oil on Canvas

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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Property of a Private Collector, Hilton Head Island, SC

Description:

Joe Bowler (NY/SC, 1928-2017), Ashley, Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, depicting a little girl in white dress holding pink and white flowers, with handwritten inscription 'Ashley Sommerfield, 1984' and 'The Red Piano Art Gallery, Hilton Head' label on verso, in a wood frame with linen mat. Frame size: 19 3/4 in. x 16 3/4 in.

Joe Bowler was a New York painter and illustrator who eventually settled in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Bowler apprenticed at Cooper Studios at the start of his career and sold his first illustration to Cosmopolitan at the age of 19. Despite contracting a debilitating case of polio in adulthood that required many years of physical therapy, Bowler returned to illustrating almost immediately and continued working. Bowler was named Artist of the Year by the Artists’ Guild of New York in 1967, inducted into the Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1992 and honored by The Portrait Society of America in 2014.

Measurements: Height: by sight 11 1/2 in. x Width: 8 1/2 in.

Condition:

Good condition, small scratch top left corner in background.
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