Harper Trenholm Phillips Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1928 - d. 1988

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    • Harper Phillips, Mixed Media, Abstract "Autumn"
      Jun. 15, 2023

      Harper Phillips, Mixed Media, Abstract "Autumn"

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      Signed l.r. with certificate of authenticity verso. Overall: 21-1/2"h x 21-1/2"w Sight: 14-1/2"h x 14-1/2"w

      Nye & Company
    • HARPER T. PHILLIPS (1928 - 1988) Soliloquy.
      Oct. 08, 2019

      HARPER T. PHILLIPS (1928 - 1988) Soliloquy.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      HARPER T. PHILLIPS (1928 - 1988) Soliloquy. Acrylic and enamel spray paint on illustration board, 1972. 560x762 mm; 22x30 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Atlanta; private collection, London. Exhibited: Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse, Atlanta, 1980; Art Station, Stone Mountain, GA, 1986; Fulton County Courthouse, Atlanta, 1995. Born in Courtland, AL, Harper T. Phillips was a student of Hayward Oubré at Alabama State College in Montgomery, a talented group that included William Anderson and Herman "Kofi" Bailey. Phillips anchored the art department at Grambling College, LA, through the late 1950s, taught at Fisk University with Gregory Ridley, and later in the New York City area in the 1970s. Two of his late 1950s figurative paintings are illlustrated in Cedric Dover's American Negro Art. His paintings are also in the permanent collections of Paul R. Jones, University of Delaware, and Atlanta University.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • Harper T. Phillips, "Bouquet from Ligon", 1984
      Jun. 25, 2016

      Harper T. Phillips, "Bouquet from Ligon", 1984

      Est: $1,200 - $2,400

      Harper T. Phillips (American, 1928-1988), "Bouquet from Ligon"-1984, acrylic and metallic lacquer on Arches paper, signed in lower right quadrant "Phillips", verso with applied artist's label "Bouquet from Ligon - acrylic and metallic lacquer on Arches 26" x 34" 750.00 Harper T. Phillips 195 Willoughby Ave Brooklyn, N.Y. 11205 718-5518 718-4290". Gestural abstract painting with almost loose and organic composition. Framed approximately 35" x 27". Sight approximately 30.25" x 22.5". Provenance: From the Private Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Calvin Wayne McLarin, Atlanta, Georgia. Note: Phillips was born in Courtland, Alabama, and a former student of Hayward Oubré at Alabama State College in Montgomery. Phillips was a member of the art department at Grambling College, Louisiana, taught at Fisk University and later in New York City. Phillips' paintings are held in the permanent collections of Paul R. Jones, University of Delaware, and Atlanta University.

      Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
    • HARPER T. PHILLIPS (1928 - 1988) Soliloquy.
      Oct. 03, 2013

      HARPER T. PHILLIPS (1928 - 1988) Soliloquy.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      HARPER T. PHILLIPS (1928 - 1988) Soliloquy. Acrylic and enamel spray paint on illustration board, 1972. 560x762 mm; 22x30 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private Atlanta collection. Exhibted: Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse, Atlanta, 1980; Art Station, Stone Mountain, GA, 1986; Fulton County Courthouse, Atlanta, 1995. This almost psychedelic composition by Atlanta and New York artist Harper Phillips is his first known work to come to auction. Born in Courtland, AL, Phillips was a student of Hayward Oubré at Alabama State College in Montgomery, a talented group that included William Anderson and Herman "Kofi" Bailey. Phillips anchored the art department at Grambling College, LA, through the late 1950s, taught at Fisk University with Gregory Ridley, and later in the New York City area in the 1970s. Two of his late 1950s figurative paintings are illlustrated in Cedric Dover's American Negro Art. His paintings are also in the permanent collections of Paul R. Jones, University of Delaware, and Atlanta University.

      Swann Auction Galleries
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