DuMouchelles
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The September 2021 Auctions: Day 2

Sat, Oct 9, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1033

JAMES MCBEY (SCOTTISH/AMERICAN 1883–1959) OIL ON CANVAS ON BOARD, 1940 H 24" W 18" PORTRAIT OF A GIRL

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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Depicting a girl in a striped dress seated in an interior. Signed lower right "James McBey, Brevard N.C. 1940". This work was likely painted when McBey left Morocco to live and work in America during WWII. Provenance: The Estate of Dr. James Letson, Saginaw, MI.