September 2005 Fine Art and Antiques Auction
Lot 92. "Rapello, Italy." Oil on board, signed "Dean Ellis" on the lower right corner. The image depicts a town of Rapello in Italy. Image size approx. 10" x 23-1/4", framed overall approx. 17" x 30". Dean Ellis was born in Detroit, Michigan and studied at the Cleveland School of Art from 1939 to 1942 and with Karl Zerbe at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts from 1946 to 1947. His work is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art and in many private collections. In 1950, Life magazine included him among nineteen of the most promising American painters. Settling in New York in 1956, he was awarded a fellowship for work at the McDowell Colony. Ellis has designed stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and several foreign governments.
600.00/800.00 Sold $402.50