DuMouchelles
Live Auction

The September 2021 Auctions: Day 2

Sat, Oct 9, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1034

RUTH VANSICKLE FORD, (AMERICAN 1897-1989) OIL ON CANVAS, H 30" W 25" "YOUNG MISS FROM HAITI"

Estimate: $600 - $1,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $5
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$5,000 $500
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$1,000,000 $100,000
Depicting a seated Haitian girl wearing a blue dress on a porch. Signed lower right "R.Ford". Verso titled and inscribed with inventory number on both canvas and stretcher. Vansickle Ford held one-person shows at the Art Institute of Chicago, Grand Central Gallery, and the Centre d`Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Awards: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago & Vicinity Show, the National Association of Women Artists, the Bellas Artes Show, Havana, and the Palette and Chisel Academy. Provenance: The Estate of Dr. James Letson, Saginaw, MI.