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Paul Bough Travis (American 1891- 1975)May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Lot 120. "Pygmy Hunters", graphite and ink on paper, double matted and framed, image size apprx 10-1/2" x 15", signed in graphite lower right and dated 1956. Exhibited in the Cleveland Artists' Foundation exibition of works by Paul Travis, 2002. (visit http://www.dantranberg.com/articles/wri_011221pd.html) 250.00/650.00 Sold $586.50 | |
May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Lot 121. Lake Erie Scene with Figure. Watercolor on paper, image size apprx. 13" x 16". Student of the Cleveland School of Art and frequent exhibitor at The Cleveland Museum of Art "May Shows." 40.00/50.00 Sold $115.00 | |
November 2003 Fine Art & Antiques Online Auction Lot 162. Lithograph, entitled "Pygmies Hunting Elephants". Signed in pencil Paul B. Travis '73. Title is located in lower left corner. Image size apprx 22" x 16-3/8", overall with frame apprx 31-7/8" x 36". 500.00/700.00 Sold $230.00 | |
November 2006 Fine Art & Antiques Auction Lot 139. A charcoal study on paper of a portrait of "John", signed in the lower right corner, dated 1930 and 11/26, matted in a French lined mat, not framed, sight size 15" x 11", with matting overall 22-1/4" x 18". 100.00/200.00 Sold $97.75 | |
Winter 2007 Auction Lot 165. An African Landscape. Watercolor on pebbleboard, signed and inscribed in the lower right "To Shep and Opal...Paul B. Travis...1955), 18-3/4" x 26-1/4", framed in a light wood frame, overall size 25" x 32-1/2". This fluid and colorful scene is a fine example of the artist's preoccupation with Africa. Please note the man with a pith helmet in the vegetation at the far right, and the menacing alligator cruising for prey in the pond. There is a framer's label on the back of the remaining dust cover from a gallery in Colorado, indicating that the painting has done some travelling of its own before returning here to Cleveland. 600.00/800.00 Sold $517.50 |