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 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