Alan Shields

Alan Shields

American · 1944–2005 · Painter, Printmaker

Alan J. Shields was an American painter, and for a time during the 1980s, had a secondary career as a commercial boat operator, including as ferryboat captain. (Wikipedia)

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Record prices

  1. Alan Shields, 3, 4, 5, 6 Preponderus Chool, 1969, acrylic on stitched and unstretched canvas3, 4, 5, 6 Preponderus ChoolPhillips · $37,800≈ £35,674≈ €39,519Sign up to see
  2. Alan Shields, Squaw Lace, 1973–1974, acrylic, pigment, rope, embroidery and glass beads on fabricSquaw LacePhillips · $13,970≈ £11,463≈ €13,173Sign up to see
  3. Alan Shields, Untitled, 1982, oil and embroidery on canvasUntitledWright · $9,375≈ £7,510≈ €8,359Sign up to see

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Alan J. Shields was an American painter, and for a time during the 1980s, had a secondary career as a commercial boat operator, including as ferryboat captain.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1944, HeringtonDied 2005, Shelter IslandOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q2636828 ↗ULAN 500021038 ↗

In the collections of

TateMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA)Art Institute of Chicago

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Also known as Alan J. Shields, Q2636828

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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