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  • Wells, James Lesesne,
     
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    Carousel, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Wells, James Lesesne, 1902-1993, painter.
    Title: 
    Carousel, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1952.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    16 x 22 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right:) J.L. Wells / '52 (On back, lower stretcher, upside down:) Carrousel (sic) Wells signed
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Commercial -- Recreation
    Figure
    Recreation -- Sport & Play
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Johnson Collection, The, 100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306 Accession Number: 2023.04.01
    Remarks: 
    Label on back upper stretcher reads: acquired: 1967 / #14 / value $1000.00. Various numerical inscriptions and notations are inscribed on top and bottom stretchers and one inscription on frame verso: 258052. Evidence of a lost label from back of canvas. A small sticker label on lower stretcher reads: 88x / 2-79.
    References: 
    The Johnson Collection, 2023.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 68670868
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