LUN HARRIS (American, 1918-2008). ABSTRACTIONS: TWO WORKS, first, signed and dated 1959 lower right. Ink and watercolor on paper. Second, signed and dated '59 in pencil lower right. Ink on paper - First, framed, sight: 32 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in., second, framed, sight: 18 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. Estimate $200-400
Washington native Licien 'Lun' King Harris attended both the Corcoran School of Art, where she studied with Richard Lahey and Eugene Weiss, and the Maryland Institute College of Art. She also studied with Lowell Nesbitt at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Mrs. Harris started her career as a fashion illustrator at Washington department store Lansburgh's. Subsequently she was hired by The Hecht Co., as chief fashion illustrator. Mrs. Harris moved to Baltimore in 1946 after her marriage to Barney 'Barr' Harris, where she taught figure drawing and fashion illustration at the Community College of Baltimore (1960-65) and Maryland Institute College of Art (1966-91).
PROVENANCE: Estate of Licien "Lun" King Harris, Baltimore, MD
