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Lot 165

Ella Wharton Alluisi (1912 - 1996)

Estimate: $200 - $300

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$2,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
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$200,000 $25,000
$500,000 $50,000
Ella Wharton Alluisi (1912 - 1996)
'The Heart Cat'

Signed lower left
Tempra on board

35in x 25in (89cm x 63cm)
Framed: 45in x 35in (113cm x 88cm)

Born in Houston, TX on Dec. 3, 1912. Ella Wharton was educated at Briarcliff, Smith College, and UC Berkeley (BA, 1933). The years 1934-37 were spent in Paris as a pupil of Sonia Delaunay. Returning to California, she married Jean Alluisi and lived in Point Richmond and on the Sonoma coast before settling in Santa Cruz in 1953.

Provenance: Garzoli Gallery

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