CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907-1977) Abstract Composition 8 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) (Executed...

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CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907-1977) Abstract Composition signed 'alston' (lower right) ink and gouache on paper 8 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) Executed circa 1950. Footnotes: Provenance Sale, Treadway Toomey Galleries, Chicago, December 4, 2011, lot 587. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907-1977) Abstract Composition 8 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) (Executed...

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