Lot 228: C.P FELS (1912-1991) WOODBLOCK

Catharine Phillips Fels (1912 - 1991) aka C.P. Fels Woodblock Print, #8/25 Chimayo Sautuario. Framed and matted. Measures 22"x20 1/2"x1 1/2". Weight 6 pds. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate. Catherine Phillips was “educated at Ball State Teachers College (Muncie IN), Mayville (ND) State Teachers College, and the University of California at Berkeley before her marriage to Leonard Fels. During the 1940s, she lived in Burbank and taught art at UCLA. Summers were often spent traveling where she obtained much of her subject matter.” (370) Listed were her exhibition venues of Oakland Art Gallery, 1943; San Francisco Women Artists, 1943-46; New Orleans Art Association, 1943-46; Mississippi Art Association, 1945; and San Francisco Art Association, 1945

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