Stephen White (NC), Double-Sided Four Panel Folding Floor Screen

Lot Details & Additional Photographs 1988, oil, gold leaf and silver leaf on hollow wood boards with molded and gilt edge, the top with applied mounting eye-hooks, the front with four cloaked women with hounds, the verso with raised and gilt foliate decoration, signed to the left panel.

80 x 72 in.

Stephen White is an acclaimed artist living and practicing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is known for his textured paintings with gilt highlights that are inspired by ancient Byzantine techniques and Asian influences. White’s favorite model, a woman named Marian, has been the muse for the stylized female figures often depicted in White’s work throughout his career.

Good condition; later eye-hooks to top edge; some minor spots of paint loss.