EDWIN ENOS TEVIS (New York, 1898-1975). THE BLUE DRESS, signed upper left. Oil on canvas. - Framed, 38 ¾ in. x 28 in. Estimate $200-300
Portrait of a seated, very attractive woman wearing a blue dress and necklace.
Note 1) Per Askart.com, Tevis was an artist, illustrator art educator, teaching, lecturer, active in New York City, who studied at Art Students League of New York and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He made most of his income from illustrations, which per Askart.com, sometimes bring a few hundred dollars at auction. None of his portraits have been offered at auction. The above presale estimate of $200-$300 is reasonable and justifiable.
