Day 1: Folk Art, Outsider & Self-Taught. Day 2: Two Private Native American Collections with Select Additions
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 70
S.L. Jones - Two Women
Estimate: $150 - $250
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $200 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $50,000 |
S.L. Jones (b. 1901)- Two women. Watercolor and mixed media on paper. Signed LR. American, 1992.
Frame: H 21-3/4 in. W 21-3/4 in. Paper: H 15 in. W 15 in.
Provenance: Collection fo Warrent & Sylvia Lowe, Jan. 2000.
"Shields Landon “S.L.” Jones, an artist from West Virginia. Jones, who was born in 1901, grew up in the rural Southern Appalachians where his family farmed. He left school in eighth grade to join the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, where he worked for 50 years. Upon his retirement, he took up a hobby from his youth, and began whittling and carving small figures. Over time the scale of his sculptures grew and he began making life-sized portrait heads and full figures, representing his friends, neighbors, and family members. He stated that working on his sculptures helped fill a void following the death of his first wife. Following a stroke in the 1990s, he could no longer work with heavy wood and tools and turned to drawing. This new medium allowed him to expand the subject matter of his art, and while he still focused on the human figure, he created a context for his figures, and added details to their surroundings. In his drawings, Jones documented the cherished traditions from his own life and Southern Appalachian culture, including bluegrass music, hunting, farming, church, and community gatherings." Credit: Birmingham Museum of Art.
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