Art
Alice Scott Scanland - 'Basket Weaver'
- Item Number
- 142
- Estimated Value
- 300 USD
- Leading Bid
- 58 USD
The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to Folk Art Society of America (tax ID 541415937) on behalf of the winner.
- Number of Bids
- 12 - Bid History
Item Description
Alice Scott Scanland (American/ South Carolina / Florida, 1924-2005). "Basket Weaver, Charleston, SC" -1986, watercolor on mat board. Signed lower right, inscribed and titled verso. Provenance: From the Lifetime Collection of Billy S. Arant, Jr., Chattanooga, TN. Approx. 20" x 16".
Item Special Note
Alice Scott Scanland (1924-2005) Alice Scott Scanland, who painted under the name Alice Scott, was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1924. She is best known for her depictions of the American South, especially her figurative and genre paintings of African American subjects, though she also painted still-life's, landscapes and regional scenes of her native South Carolina and her later homes in Pensacola and Tallahassee, Florida. While living in Charleston, Scanland became interested in theater. She was commissioned to paint a group of artworks for the opera Porgy and Bess, that toured with the New York company.
Donated By:
Terri Johnson
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