Raeford Bailey Liles

(American/Alabama, 1923-2018)

Untitled, not visibly signed, collage with acetate, 22-1/4 x 15 in.; unframed

Provenance: Property of the Birmingham Museum of Art sold to benefit the Baker Acquisition Fund

Lyles enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and served as a fighter pilot in WWII. Upon returning to the US he studied at Auburn University with Maltby Sykes but also received an engineering degree. He and his wife traveled to Paris to study at Atelier Fernand Leger under the GI Bill.