Allen, Courtney
Biography:  (1896-1969)  Studied at the Corcoran Art Sch., NAD and with Charles Hawthorne, C.C. Curan, Felix Mahoney and WH Bicknell.  Member of Beachcombers, Provincetown AA (pres., 1952-52 and 56-58).  Exhibits include: Allied Artists Am., PAAM, Chrysler Art Mus., Provincetown Historical Mus.  Works at: Nat. Mus. Amer. History.  He began illustrating juvenile magazines and later Colliers, Sat. Evening Post and other magazines.  Was trustee of Chrysler Art Museum in Provincetown (1960-68) and pres. Truro Hist. Soc. in 1969.  Known as an illustrator, sculptor, painter, etcher, and printmaker.  Listed in Who was Who in American Art.

	Lot  22  Courtney  Allen (1896-1969) Title:  Untitled Tiger Medium:  mixed media (graphite, color pencil) Art Size (H x W):  4 x 6.5 Signature:  slr Notes:  Condition:  very good Frame Style:  black/matte/glass Frame Size (H x W):  8.75 x 10.75 Provenance:  local art collection About the Artist:  (1896-1969)  Studied at the Corcoran Art Sch., NAD and with Charles Hawthorne, C.C. Curan, Felix Mahoney and WH Bicknell.  Member of Beachcombers, Provincetown AA (pres., 1952-52 and 56-58).  Exhibits include: Allied Artists Am., PAAM, Chrysler Art Mus., Provincetown Historical Mus.  Works at: Nat. Mus. Amer. History.  He began illustrating juvenile magazines and later Colliers, Sat. Evening Post and other magazines.  Was trustee of Chrysler Art Museum in Provincetown (1960-68) and pres. Truro Hist. Soc. in 1969.  Known as an illustrator, sculptor, painter, etcher, and printmaker.  Listed in Who was Who in American Art.	sold after auction 10.9.11
	Lot 38  Allen, Courtney Title:  Red Herring and the News Medium:  oil on canvas Size (H x W):  22 x 28 Signed:  slr Notes:  dated 1948, several exhibition labels verso (Chrysler Mus. Provincetown and Virginia), exhibited in 1958 in Ptown Condition:  very good Frame style:  antique wood/mould Frame size (H x W):  28.675 x 34.675 Frame Signature Back Back close Back close 2 Back close 3 Back close 4 Front close	SOLD 7.23.08 2,467.50
	Lot 74:  Allen, Courtney Title:  Untitled Original for Illustration Medium:  oil on canvas on wood Size (H x W):  21.75 x 33.5 Frame size (exterior, H & W):  - Signed:  slr Notes:  Condition:  excellent Frame style:  unframed Frame Signature Back	sold 2.17.08 705.00
	Lot 40A signed C. Allen (Courtney?): "Pier Scene", oil on board, 14 x 18, slr, light chipping, wood frame	sold 12.30.05 172.50