Charles Green Shaw 1892–1974
American Modernist painter Charles Green Shaw’s career spanned nearly four decades and his support of the American Abstractionists cemented the growth of the movement. Born in New York in 1892 to an affluent family, he attended Yale University, studied at the Arts Students League under painter George Luks, and spent one year studying architecture at Columbia. After serving for the military in World War I, he began his career as a journalist writing for The New Yorker and Vanity Fair on the New York social scene later authoring multiple novels and children’s books.
Auction Results Charles Green Shaw
Charles Green Shaw
Buildings in a Night Sky
estimate: $8,000–10,000
result: $17,500
Charles Green Shaw
untitled
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $17,000
Charles Green Shaw
Kite Abstraction
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $16,520
Charles Green Shaw
untitled (Abstract Construction)
estimate: $18,000–22,000
result: $15,340
Charles Green Shaw
Carnival
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $10,000
Charles Green Shaw
Untitled
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $7,500
Charles Green Shaw
Ice Bound
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $995
Charles Green Shaw
Quartet #8
estimate: $3,000–5,000