Dox Thrash Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Dox Thrash Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 30, 2026
DOX THRASH (1893-1965) STUDIO INTERIOR INK WASH ON PAPER
Est: $1,700 - $1,900
Dox Thrash (1893-1965) Ink Wash on Paper, Studio Interior. In frame measures 18 1/2:x22 1/2"x1 1/4:, Weight 5 lbs 6 oz **In house shipping available on this lot** If you win this lot, please select self arranged for in house shipping when paying*** Dox Thrash was an African-American artist who was famed as a skilled draftsman, master printmaker, and painter and as the co-inventor of the Carborundum printmaking process. The subject of his artwork was African American life. He served as a printmaker with the W.P.A. at the Fine Print Workshop of Philadelphia. The artist spent much of his career living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His artistic genius found appreciation in major exhibitions, and his works now grace collections like the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Charleston Estate Services Auctions & Appraisals
Jul. 26, 2026
Dox Thrash, Studio Still Life, Ink Wash on Paper
Est: $400 - $600
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965), "Studio Still Life", ink wash on paper, signed L/L, 13 1/2" x 16 1/2" (view), framed 18" x 22 1/2". Provenance: South Hamilton, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
May. 16, 2026
Dox Thrash, 1883-1965, Nude
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Dox Thrash 1883-1965 Nude n.d. carborundum mezzotint 10 x 15 inches signed Illustrated: Dox Thrash, An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered, John Ittmann, Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 113. (It is illustration #117). Notes from Ittmann: Dating source: possibly exhibited Pyramid Club, 1946, no. 93, as “Elongated Figure”, an “opheliagraph”. Collections: CGA (Tibbs Archive); John Warren, Philadelphia.
Black Art Auction
Mar. 27, 2026
Dox Thrash (American 1893-1965), Mother and Child, Color carborundum relief etching and aquatint with burlap mat, Sight size: 184 x 216 mm (7-1/4 x 8-1/2 in); Frame: 16 x 16-1/2 in (40.6 x 41.9 cm)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) Mother and Child Color carborundum relief etching and aquatint with burlap mat Signed Thrash in print l.r. Property from a Prominent Potomac Collection Provenance: Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, DC, December 18, 1978
Weschler's
Mar. 27, 2026
Dox Thrash (American 1893-1965), Backstage (Ittmann 91), Carborundum mezzotint over traces of previously etched image, circa 1939-40, Sight size: 8 x 10-1/2 in (20.3 x 26.7 cm); Frame: 16-1/4 x 18 in (41.3 x 45.7 cm)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) Backstage (Ittmann 91) Carborundum mezzotint over traces of previously etched image, circa 1939-40 Signed Thrash and titled Backstage l.l. Property from a Prominent Potomac Collection Provenance: Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, DC, December 18, 1978
Weschler's
Jan. 29, 2026
Dox Thrash, Mount Zion, circa 1939-41.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Dox Thrash (1893-1965) Mount Zion. Lithograph, circa 1939-41. Titled in pencil, lower margin. Published by the Federal Art Project, WPA, New York. Ittmann 163.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 18, 2025
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Self-Portrait
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Self-Portrait 1930-1935 graphite and brown pencil on paper 6-7/8 x 5-3/8 inches unsigned Illustrated: Dox Thrash, An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered, John Ittmann, Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 15 (fig 27). Provenance: Collection of Allan H. Nowak, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; James T. Parker Ittmann writes about four self-portraits by Thrash, including this one: "the more formal cubist structure of the graphite drawing, in which the columnar design at the left adds a touch of French modernity. Together, these four self-portraits paint an attractive picture of Thrash in his early forties: a multi-faceted artist with a poetic sensibility, dashing style, and a winning sense of humor." (p. 13)
Black Art Auction
Oct. 18, 2025
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Old Barns
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Old Barns 1937-1938 etching and aquatint 9 x 12 inches (image), full margins signed and titled in pencil Illustrated: Dox Thrash, An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered, John Ittmann, Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 99.
Black Art Auction
Jun. 14, 2025
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Life
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Life 1938-39 (printed later) carborundum mezzotint print signed with estate stamp signature, in pencil 1/X 11 x 8-3/4 inches
Black Art Auction
Apr. 05, 2025
AMERICAN PAINTING SEASHORE SCENE BY DOX THRASH
Est: $100 - $150
Dox Thrash, American, 1893 to 1965, a watercolor painting on paper depicting a seashore scene with figures. Signed lower right. Dox Thrash was an African-American artist who was famed as a skilled draftsman, master printmaker, and painter and as the co-inventor of the Carborundum printmaking process. The subject of his artwork was African American life. American Paintings And Art Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Nov. 08, 2024
Dox Thrash, Hobo with a Satchel
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Dox Thrash Hobo with a Satchel c. 1945 etching image: 7.375 h x 9.875 w in (19 x 25 cm) sheet: 8.375 h x 10.875 w in (21 x 28 cm) Signed to lower right 'D. Thrash'. This work is from the edition of unknown size. Provenance: Private Collection | Thence by descent This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Aug. 24, 2024
AFRICAN AMERICAN WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY DOX THRASH
Est: $100 - $150
Dox Thrash, African American, 1893 to 1965, watercolor painting on paper depicting a portrait of a nude woman. Signed lower right. Circa: 1946. Framed. A paper label, inscribed, Dox Thrash 1946, on the backside. Dox Thrash was an African American artist who was famed as a skilled draftsman, master printmaker, and painter and as the co-inventor of the Carborundum printmaking process. The subject of his artwork was African American life. He served as a printmaker with the W.P.A. at the Fine Print Workshop of Philadelphia. The artist spent much of his career living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Modern African American Fine Art, Female Portraits, Wall Art, and Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Apr. 29, 2024
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) "Cabin Days"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) "Cabin Days" C. 1938-39, carborundum mezzotint restrike edition, 1 of 10 restrike copies, stamped: D. Thrash. Framed. See: Cat. #81, p.105 "Dox Thrash, An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered," by John Ittman, University of Washington Press, 2001. Unframed. Size: 10'' x 9.25'', 25 x 23 cm (image); 18'' x 13.25'', 46 x 34 cm (sheet); 19.5'' x 17.25'', 50 x 44 cm (mat). Provenance: ex collection John F. Warren.
Material Culture
Apr. 29, 2024
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) "Life"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) "Life," C. 1938-39, carborundum mezzotint restrike edition, 1 of 10 restrike copies, stamped: D. Thrash. See: Cat. #83, p.106 "Dox Thrash, An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered," by John Ittman, University of Washington Press, 2001. Unframed. Size: 11'' x 8.75'', 28 x 22 cm (image); 17.75'' x 13'', 45 x 33 cm (sheet); 20.25'' x 16.75'', 51 x 43 cm (mat). Provenance: ex collection John F. Warren.
Material Culture
Apr. 29, 2024
Dox Thrash (1893-1965) "Inveigling"
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) "Inveigling," lithograph, signed in plate and pencil signed and titled. Unframed. Size: 19.25'' x 13.75'', 49 x 35 cm (sheet); 24'' x 18'', 61 x 46 cm (mat). Provenance: ex collection John F. Warren. See: Cat. #166, p.124 "Dox Thrash, An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered," by John Ittman, University of Washington Press, 2001.
Material Culture
Apr. 04, 2024
DOX THRASH (1893 - 1965) Cabin Days.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
DOX THRASH (1893 - 1965) Cabin Days. Carborundum mezzotint on cream wove paper, 1938-1939. 254x232 mm; 10x9 ⅛ inches, wide margins. Proof, aside from an unknown edition. A posthumous impression, with the estate signature ink stamp, lower margin. Possibly a childhood memory of growing up in Griffin, Georgia, this evocative print displays Thrash's experimental technique in carborundum mezzotint and an unromantic view of the Black experience living in rural America. Thrash called this medium "Opheliagraph" for period in honor of his mother, who died in 1936. IIttmann notes only two impressions of this scarce print in public collections. Ittmann 90.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 05, 2023
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) - Nude Woman Reclining
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) - Nude Woman Reclining Signed ‘Thrash’ bottom right, ink on cream watercolor paper (possibly arches) 14 x 20 in. (35.6x50.8cm) Provenance Private Collection, New Jersey.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2023
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) - Portrait of a Woman
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Dox Thrash (American, 1893-1965) - Portrait of a Woman Signed ‘Thrash’ bottom left, ink on cream watercolor paper (possibly arches) 15 x 14 in. (38.1x35.6cm) Provenance Private Collection, New Jersey.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 02, 2023
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Coal Breaker (or Breaker)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Coal Breaker (or Breaker) c. 1943 carborundum mezzotint and etching on cream laid paper 9-13/16 x 6-7/8 inches Plate: Nowak Restrike Edition: Nowak; Warren Illustrated: Ittman, John, Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001; 110-111.
Black Art Auction
Sep. 07, 2023
Dox Thrash (American/Pennsylvania, 1893-1965)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Dox Thrash (American/Pennsylvania, 1893-1965), "Coal Breaker", carborundum mezzotint and etching, unsigned, 9 3/4 in. x 6 7/8 in., unframed.
Neal Auction Company
May. 20, 2023
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Floral Still Life
Est: $800 - $1,200
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Floral Still Life c.1940 watercolor on paper 19 x 12-1/2 inches signed Provenance: private collection, Philadelphia, PA
Black Art Auction
May. 20, 2023
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Reclining Nude
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Reclining Nude c. 1940-1950 ink wash on paper 7-1/4 x 9 inches Signed Thrash on verso
Black Art Auction
Apr. 06, 2023
DOX THRASH (1893 - 1965) Seated Nude.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
DOX THRASH (1893 - 1965) Seated Nude. Oil on masonite board, circa 1940. 584x457 mm; 23x18 inches. With the artist's estate ink stamp, lower right. Provenance: acquired at Rago Auctions Lambertville, NJ, December 2, 2005 ; private collection, New Jersey.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 19, 2022
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Anna
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Anna c. 1942 (before 1942) carborundum mezzotint 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches (image) 10-1/2 x 9 (sheet) stamp signature Dox Thrash was a master of technical innovation who was equally adept at capturing African American life with a social realist lens. He was born in a former slave cabin in Griffin, Georgia in 1893 and studied art through correspondence school until 1909 when he moved to Chicago and began taking part time classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1917, he served in the army as a member of the 92nd Division Buffalo Soldiers in France. He was wounded and in lieu of being sent to the front, he toured in a vaudeville act that performed at military hospitals. Thrash was able to resume his studies in 1919 at the AIC and also received tutoring from established African American artist, William Edouard Scott. He lived an itinerant lifestyle in Boston, Connecticut, and New York, working odd jobs and painting, until eventually, in 1926, he settled in Philadelphia where he studied at the Philadelphia Sketch Club with Earl Hortor. He took a job with the Federal Art Project's Fine Print Workshop in 1937 and began experimenting with the aquatint process. Thrash is credited with later inventing the process of carborundum printing, also known as carbograph, with fellow artists Hugh Mesibov and Michael Gallagher. He made his debut as an artist in 1931 at the Catherine Street YWCA in Philadelphia, which featured an exhibition of his oil and watercolor paintings. In 1933, his first exhibition of prints was held at the same location. Thrash's work has been exhibited widely including: The Negro Artist Comes of Age, Albany Institute of History and Art, 1945; Two Centuries of Black American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976; Black Artists/South, Huntsville Museum of Art, 1979; Represent: 200 Years of African American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015; and In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art. Woodmere Art Museum, PA, 2009. Recent exhibitions include, Dox Thrash: The Hopeful Gaze, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2019 and Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint.
Black Art Auction
Nov. 19, 2022
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Twenty-fourth Street and Ridge Avenue
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Twenty-fourth Street and Ridge Avenue 1937-39 (printed in the early 1970s) etching, printed in brown ink 10-7/8 x 8-3/4 inches from the Nowak restrike edition, artist's estate ink stamp signature, numbered VIII/X in pencil Originally published by the Federal Works Agency, WPA, Philadelphia, there is only one early impression of this etching recorded, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection. Restrike editions of the nine Thrash plates owned by the Nowaks were printed shortly after April, 15, 1971. Ittmann 22.
Black Art Auction
Jun. 04, 2022
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Abraham
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Abraham 1937 drypoint 5 x 3-7/8 inches, full margins signed and titled in pencil in the margin label verso from Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration (State of Pennsylvania) A very rare example; a strong impression and a period strike.
Black Art Auction
Nov. 05, 2021
DOX THRASH (Pennsylvania/Canada, 1893-1965), Portrait of a seated man., Watercolor on paper, 14" x 10.25" sight. Framed 19" x 15".
Est: $700 - $1,000
DOX THRASH Pennsylvania/Canada, 1893-1965 Portrait of a seated man. Signed lower left "D. Thrash".
Eldred's
Nov. 05, 2021
DOX THRASH (Pennsylvania/Canada, 1893-1965), Portrait of a woman., Watercolor on paper, 14" x 10.25" sight. Framed 19" x 15".
Est: $700 - $1,000
DOX THRASH Pennsylvania/Canada, 1893-1965 Portrait of a woman. Signed lower left "D. Thrash".
Eldred's
Sep. 11, 2021
DOX THRASH WATERCOLOR
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Dox Thrash (1893-1965, PA/Canada) framed and matted watercolor of a marina and water, signed lower left. 14" x 19" ss / 26" x 31" oa
Wiederseim Associates, Inc.
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Ink and Wash Drawing on Paper "Portrait of a Woman" Unsigned. Unframed. Sheet measures 11" x 7". Condition: Small loss to the top right corner, toning and spotting otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Pencil Drawing on Paper "School Teacher" Inscribed Lower Right. Unframed. Sheet measures 8-1/4" x 6-7/8". Condition: Toning, full length crease on the left side of the artwork otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Ink Drawing on Paper "Reclining Nude Model" Unsigned. Unframed. Sheet measures 7-1/8" x 9-3/4" Condition: Toning and creases otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Graphite Drawing on Paper "Nude Model with Mirror in Hand" Unsigned. Appears to have a French watermark across the top. Unframed. Sheet measures 11-1/8" x 7" Condition: Some wear to the top border, small separated crease left left otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Ink and Wash on Paper "Exposed Model" Unsigned. Unframed. Sheet measures 11" x 8-1/2". Condition: Toning otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1500.00 - $2500.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Graphite, Ink and Wash Drawing on Paper "Nude Model" Unsigned. Unframed. Sheet measures 11-1/4" x 6-1/8". Condition: Toning, light foxing, crease to lower right corner otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1500.00 - $2500.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Pencil Drawing on Paper "The Diary" Unsigned. Unframed. Sheet measures 11-1/8" x 8-1/2". Condition: Toning, some edge wear to the top otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Pencil, Ink and Watercolor on Paper "Couple's Dance" Unsigned. Measures 7-3/4" x 9-1/2". Condition: Toning otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Pencil and Wash on Paper "Nude Male Figure wearing a Hat" Unsigned. Unframed. Measures 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Condition: Toning, some light wear along the edges otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 01, 2021
Dox Thrash (1893 - 1965)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893 - 1965) Watercolor on Paper "Portrait of a Bull" Unsigned. Unframed. Sheet size: 7-1/2" x 6-7/8". Condition: Small wear on the small portion of the border otherwise good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Jul. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Anna
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Anna c. 1942 (before 1942) carborundum mezzotint 7-1/2 x 5-5/8 inches posthumous impression (noted in Ittman), stamp signature, numbered II/X Provenance: The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art, San Francisco, CA BAA acknowledges Ron Rumford of Dolan Maxwell (Philadelphia, PA) for his kind assistance in helping us catalog this lot. Dox Thrash was a master of technical innovation who was equally adept at capturing African American life with a social realist lens. He was born in a former slave cabin in Griffin, Georgia in 1893 and studied art through correspondence school until 1909 when he moved to Chicago and began taking part time classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1917, he served in the army as a member of the 92nd Division Buffalo Soldiers in France. He was wounded and in lieu of being sent to the front, he toured in a vaudeville act that performed at military hospitals. Thrash was able to resume his studies in 1919 at the AIC and also received tutoring from established African American artist, William Edouard Scott. He lived an itinerant lifestyle in Boston, Connecticut, and New York, working odd jobs and painting, until eventually, in 1926, he settled in Philadelphia where he studied at the Philadelphia Sketch Club with Earl Hortor. He took a job with the Federal Art Project's Fine Print Workshop in 1937 and began experimenting with the aquatint process. Thrash is credited with later inventing the process of carborundum printing, also known as carbograph, with fellow artists Hugh Mesibov and Michael Gallagher. He made his debut as an artist in 1931 at the Catherine Street YWCA in Philadelphia, which featured an exhibition of his oil and watercolor paintings. In 1933, his first exhibition of prints was held at the same location. Thrash's work has been exhibited widely including: The Negro Artist Comes of Age, Albany Institute of History and Art, 1945; Two Centuries of Black American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976; Black Artists/South, Huntsville Museum of Art, 1979; Represent: 200 Years of African American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015; and In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art. Woodmere Art Museum, PA, 2009. Recent exhibitions include, Dox Thrash: The Hopeful Gaze, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2019 and Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint.
Black Art Auction
Feb. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965), Ink and Wash, Nudes. Unsigned. Sheet measures 9-1/2" H, 12-3/8" W. Provenance: Collection of Samuel and Sally Nowak. Condition: Toning and creasing to paper Estimate: $2500.00 - $3500.00 Domestic Shipping: $45.00
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965), Watercolor on Artist Board, Mother and Child. Unsigned. Measures 11-3/8" H, 9-1/4" W. Provenance: Collection of Samuel and Sally Nowak. Condition: Wear to corners, slice to bottom center of board. Overall good condition. Estimate: $6000.00 - $8000.00 Domestic Shipping: $85.00
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965), Carborundum Mezzotint, Young Girl with Book. Signed lower right, numbered 5/10 (V/X). Measures 10-7/8" H, 8-3/4" W; mat measures 18-1/2" H, 13-3/8" W. Provenance: Collection of Samuel and Sally Nowak. Condition: Very good condition. Estimate: $2000.00 - $3000.00 Domestic Shipping: $125.00
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965)
Est: $3,500 - $5,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965) Watercolor, Landscape with Cats. Signed lower right. Measures 13-7/8" H x 10" W; mat measures 18" H, 14" W. Provenance: Collection of Samuel and Sally Nowak. Condition: Very good condition. Estimate: $3500.00 - $5000.00 Domestic Shipping: $125.00
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965)
Est: $6,500 - $8,500
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965) Watercolor, Sporting Scene. Signed lower right. Measures 10" x 20". Provenance: Collection of Samuel and Sally Nowak. Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $6500.00 - $8500.00 Domestic Shipping: $140.00
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965)
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965) Watercolor, Sporting Scene. Signed lower right. Measures 4" x 10-3/4"; mat measures 12" x 16". Provenance: Collection of Samuel and Sally Nowak. Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $3000.00 - $4000.00 Domestic Shipping: $125.00
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 17, 2021
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Dox Thrash, American (1893-1965) Pencil on Paper, Running Hurdles and Tank. Unsigned. Sheet measures 12-1/2" H, 9-5/8" W. Provenance: Collection of Samuel and Sally Nowak. Condition: Good condition. Toning, a few pins holes at corners, wear to edges of paper. Estimate: $2500.00 - $3500.00 Domestic Shipping: $65.00
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 06, 2021
Dox Thrash, 1893-1965, Still Life
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dox Thrash 1893-1965 Still Life c. 1940 carborundum mezzotint and carborundum relief etching 5 x 7-1/2 inches posthumous impression (noted in Ittman), stamp signature Provenance: The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art, San Francisco, CA BAA acknowledges Ron Rumford of Dolan Maxwell (Philadelphia, PA) for his kind assistance in helping us catalog this lot. Dox Thrash was a master of technical innovation who was equally adept at capturing African American life with a social realist lens. He was born in a former slave cabin in Griffin, Georgia in 1893 and studied art through correspondence school until 1909 when he moved to Chicago and began taking part time classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1917, he served in the army as a member of the 92nd Division Buffalo Soldiers in France. He was wounded and in lieu of being sent to the front, he toured in a vaudeville act that performed at military hospitals. Thrash was able to resume his studies in 1919 at the AIC and also received tutoring from established African American artist, William Edouard Scott. He lived an itinerant lifestyle in Boston, Connecticut, and New York, working odd jobs and painting, until eventually, in 1926, he settled in Philadelphia where he studied at the Philadelphia Sketch Club with Earl Hortor. He took a job with the Federal Art Project’s Fine Print Workshop in 1937 and began experimenting with the aquatint process. Thrash is credited with later inventing the process of carborundum printing, also known as carbograph, with fellow artists Hugh Mesibov and Michael Gallagher. He made his debut as an artist in 1931 at the Catherine Street YWCA in Philadelphia, which featured an exhibition of his oil and watercolor paintings. In 1933, his first exhibition of prints was held at the same location. Thrash’s work has been exhibited widely including: The Negro Artist Comes of Age, Albany Institute of History and Art, 1945; Two Centuries of Black American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976; Black Artists/South, Huntsville Museum of Art, 1979; Represent: 200 Years of African American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015; and In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art. Woodmere Art Museum, PA, 2009. Recent exhibitions include, Dox Thrash: The Hopeful Gaze, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2019 and Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint.
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