WINNOWED
It is not easy coming up with compelling and complex material show after show. This catalog is thinner than usual, but phat as ever—quality over quantity with no filler! Of course, we will be bringing more than these works of art to the fair, but herein are a group of well-winnowed works that deserve special attention. Enjoy! Come see this collection and more at The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show, April 20-22 (*preview party April 19, 2018). Location: The Navy Yard, 4747 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19112.
It is not easy coming up with compelling and complex material show after show. This catalog is thinner than usual, but phat as ever—quality over quantity with no filler! Of course, we will be bringing more than these works of art to the fair, but herein are a group of well-winnowed works that deserve special attention. Enjoy!
Come see this collection and more at The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show, April 20-22 (*preview party April 19, 2018).
Location: The Navy Yard, 4747 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19112.
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Ida Jones (1874-1959)<br />
Mock Orange [Philadelphus]<br />
Oil on canvas board<br />
Circa: July, 1952<br />
Size: 20" (w) x 16" (h)<br />
Mockorange, (Philadelphus), is a shrub with a citrus scent and has white<br />
blossoms that bloom in the late spring to early summer. A portion of<br />
this painting can be seen in the upper left corner of the photo herein—<br />
Jones in her living room/studio.<br />
Ida Jones, the daughter of a former slave, had ten children and at the age<br />
of seventy-two began painting. Self-taught, her work focuses on local<br />
(Chester County, PA) landscapes, still-lifes and Biblical stories<br />
The Chester County Historical Society held a retrospective exhibit in<br />
1995 and Jones was recently included<br />
in “We Speak: Black Artists<br />
in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s, ”<br />
2015.<br />
Literature: Starting Anew After<br />
Seventy: The Story of Ida Ella<br />
Jones, Primitive Artist, by Ida J.<br />
Williams, 1980.<br />
To Everything a Season: The Art<br />
and Life of Ida Jones, by Beverly<br />
Sheppard and Roberta Townsend,<br />
1995.<br />
Photo of Jones at the easel in her living room. A<br />
portion of this painting is shown in the upper left<br />
corner. Photo circa 1955.
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