WILLIAM H. CLARKE (NOTTOWAY CO., VIRGINIA, 20TH / 21ST CENTURY) OUTSIDER ART AFRICAN-AMERICAN PAINTING

Price Realized: $207.00
Sold Date: Jun 20, 2015
Lot #448

titled "The Store", a colorful genre scene depicting a rural country store with figures outside. Signed "William H. Clarke" lower right. Artist’s stamp and certificate of authenticity (with title "The Store") verso. Matted and housed in an old frame painted by the artist.

Item/Auction Attributes

oil pastel on board (with pencil tracing and highlights),
Late 20th century.
Painting in excellent condition. Frame with wear.
17 1/2" x 27" sight, 25" x 35" OA.
Provenance: From a private Lynchburg, VA collection.
$100.00
$200.00
Catalogue Note: William H. Clarke (20th century) lives and works in Blackstone, Virginia where he continues to create memory paintings of his childhood growing up in a rural Southside African-American community. His work was featured in the Corcoran Gallery's exhibit "Common Ground" and he is represented in numerous collections.
WILLIAM H. CLARKE (NOTTOWAY CO., VIRGINIA, 20TH / 21ST CENTURY) OUTSIDER ART AFRICAN-AMERICAN PAINTING