Artist:                     Enid Foster (1896-1979) American

Title:                       “Night Club”

Date:                       1950

Medium:                Mono-Type Pen on paper

Materials:              Monotype and pen, surrealist heads and eyes

Markings:              Original Label on back of artwork

Dimensions:          12” x 9”

Framed:                  Yes, item has remained within the original frame when acquired by Mr. Prince and Mr. Hemphill, Jr.;

Inventory No:       NAPT.1999.000005

Provenance:          Neal Prince Trust, u/a/d 10.18.1999

Mr. Neal A. Prince

Mr. Neal A. Prince and Mr. Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

The New Gallery, 53 West 44^th Street, New York, New York

Provenance:          Source documentation for the Fine Arts Appraisal for Herbert W. Hemphill, Jr., May 12, 1964, Page 10/13  

Footnote:             Provenance is fully noted within Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. (a/k/a Burt) insurance policy executed by Neal A. Prince in 1964 and is filed with the Smithsonian Institute American Archives in Box 6, in Folders 13-18.

Footnote¹:             This item is part of Mr. Prince's Collection from the Surrealism movement.         

Enid Foster (1896-1979), American

Ms. Enid Foster was born in San Francisco, CA on October 28, 1896. Foster was a pupil of Chester Beach and a resident of San Francisco until the early 1930's; she then moved across the bay to Piedmont. She became a professional Sculptor. Her last years were spent in Napa, CA; she died there on September 20, 1979.