Kershaw, John Karl (Jack), (American/Tennessee, 1913-2010), Untitled Abstraction, oil and mixed media on paper, 14.5 x 19 inches, signed lower right, framed measuring 21 x 25 inches. Kershaw studied art at Vanderbilt University and in the 1920s became associated with a group of intellectuals who called themselves The Fugitive Poets. In the 1930s, he worked as Federal director of the Tennessee Art Project (a job in which he worked as one of William Edmondson's supervisors) and was in charge of plates and research for another Federal art project, the National Index of Design, in Middle Tennessee. He also served as an art consultant for The Kenyon Review and for Nashville Mayor Ben West, and was a member of the first Tennessee Arts Commission. In seemingly good condition unexamined outside of the frame. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .