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Leroy Person Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1907 - d. 1985

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    • LEROY PERSON FOLK ART DRAWING
      Mar. 19, 2022

      LEROY PERSON FOLK ART DRAWING

      Est: $400 - $600

      pencil on paper, 10" x 21.25"

      Ledbetter Auctions
    • LEROY PERSON (1907-1985)
      Jan. 27, 2003

      LEROY PERSON (1907-1985)

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      Elvis Table crayon, wood and Elvis Presley trading cards 281/4 x 231/2 x 19 5/8 in. (71.5 x 59.7 x 50 cm.) PROVENANCE Robert Lynch Collection, White Oak, North Carolina North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount NOTES Leroy Person was a carver, a draftsman and a sculptor. He began making art in earnest in his sixties after a work-related illness forced him to retire. Putting all of his energy into his new vocation, Person transformed his surroundings by creating an extensive oeuvre including double-sided drawings, paintings, carved and colored tableaus and the functional furniture pieces for which he is best-known. Consisting of scrap wood and found objects, works such as Untitled (Elvis table) have been obsessively incised with a pocket knife and colored with crayon and paint. The present lot incorporates a window frame and pictures of Elvis Presley. The carved images include abstract geometric shapes as well as references to the natural world and his own working tools.

      Christie's
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