Everard Auctions and Appraisals
Live Auction

Fall Southern Estates and Collections: Session I

Tue, Oct 17, 2023 10:00AM EDT
Lot 248

Joe Bowler (NY/SC, 1928-2017), The Novel, Oil, 1998

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for

Bid Increments

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$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$300,000 $10,000

Property from a Hilton Head, SC, Estate

Description:

Joe Bowler (NY/SC, 1928-2017), The Novel, Oil on Panel, 1998, signed lower right, depicting nude woman lying on a sofa, wearing a sunhat and reading, with estate label verso, with linen surround and in a giltwood frame. Frame size: 20 in. x 23 1/8 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, 10 5/8 in. x Width: 13 3/4 in.

Condition:

Overall good condition.

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