Art Collection from The Michael Lester Collections

Michael Lester
Untitled (Fruit Sketch), ca. 1950s-1960s

Graphite on paper

10.875 x 9.25 in

(27.62 x 23.5 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship at Anchor in Newport, Monmouthsh..., 1944

Watercolor on Paper

14.25 x 21.5 in

(36.2 x 54.61 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled, (Yacht Club, Montego Bay), 1955

Oil on Hardboard

Michael Lester
Untitled (Bow of Ship), c. 1949

Black ink on back of vintage sea chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Royal Jamaica Yacht Club), 1954

Print on Paper

9.125 x 12.125 in

(23.18 x 30.8 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Girl in a Hat), ca. 1950s-1960s

Graphite on cardstock

30 x 22.5 in

(76.2 x 57.15 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Cardiff, The Tugs), 1943

Watercolor on Paper

20 x 13.5 in

(50.8 x 34.29 cm)

Michael Lester
Goggle Eyes and Lime (Alternate title: Fish wit..., 1958

Oil on Hardboard

14 x 11 in

(35.56 x 27.94 cm)

Michael Lester
Boy Eating a Banana (Alternate titles: Banana T..., ca. 1960-1972

Unfinished Oil on Hardboard

24 x 18 in

(60.96 x 45.72 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Sky, Ship, Sea, and Rock Formations), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on Paper

12.5 x 10 in

(31.75 x 25.4 cm)

Michael Lester
Half Moon Resort Bird's Eye View, 1960

Watercolor on Paper

Michael Lester
Passing Ships (from Marine Series), 1953

Oil On Canvas

22 x 24 in

(55.88 x 60.96 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (“Recollections of”), c. 1946

Graphite on Paper

10 x 14 in

(25.4 x 35.56 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship amongst hills), ca. 1940s - 1950s

Graphite on Paper

Michael Lester
Untitled (Dora Beret, Country Woman From St. El..., 1957

Graphite on cardstock

10 x 7.5 in

(25.4 x 19.05 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (H.M.S. Victory Card), ca. 1940s

Black ink and colored pencil on folded paper

Closed: 5.25 x 5.75 inches - Open: 5.25 x 11.25 inches.

Michael Lester
Untitled (Study of Two Figures with Baskets on ..., ca. 1950s

graphite on paper

7 x 7.875 in

(17.78 x 20.0 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship Bow), 1950

Graphite on Vintage Sea Chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Directional Wind Diagram), ca. 1940 - 1944

Graphite on Paper

10 x 14 in

(25.4 x 35.56 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Breadfruit Tree Study), ca. 1950s

Graphite on cardstock

7.5 x 5.75 in

(19.05 x 14.61 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship Along Coast), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on Paper

10 x 19.25 in

(25.4 x 48.9 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Starboard, stern view), ca. 1940s-1950s

Watercolor on Paper

15.25 x 22.5 in

(38.74 x 57.15 cm)

Michael Lester
Artist, Mechanic, 1972

Oil on Hardboard

47.75 x 35.75 in

(121.29 x 90.81 cm)

Michael Lester
Prepared for Church, 1963

Oil on Hardboard

25 x 18 in

(63.5 x 45.72 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Four Masted Schooner), ca. 1940s

Graphite on Paper

15.75 x 11.25 in

(40.01 x 28.58 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (WW2 Invasion), ca. 1940s

Charcoal on paper

15.5 x 22.5 in

(39.37 x 57.15 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Male Nude, Laying Figure), ca. 1950s

Charcoal on cardstock

5.5 x 7.625 in

(13.97 x 19.37 cm)

Michael Lester
Wicked Boy Morgan, 1962

Oil on Hardboard

43.5 x 30.75 in

(110.49 x 78.11 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Man on Beach), ca. 1950s

Graphite and black ink on cardstock

7 x 5.75 in

(17.78 x 14.61 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Woman in Blue Dress)

Watercolor on Paper

7.625 x 5.875 in

(19.37 x 14.92 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Whitefarland PI), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on Paper

12 x 13 in

(30.48 x 33.02 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship Deck Study), ca. 1940s-1950s

Black ink drawing on the back of a vintage sea chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship with British Commonwealth Flag C..., ca. 1940s-1950s

Black ink drawing on folded paper

Closed: 5.24 x 5.75 inches - Open: 5.25 x 11.5 inches

Michael Lester
Untitled (“Theoret.” Study)

Graphite on Paper

13.75 x 11.25 in

(34.93 x 28.58 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled drawing from “Ship Compass” series, ca. 1940s - 1950s

Mixed Media on Paper

10 x 8 in

(25.4 x 20.32 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (North Laur. - Street View), ca. 1950s-1960s

Graphite on cardstock

10 x 15.125 in

(25.4 x 38.42 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Full Rigged Ship Study), ca. 1940 - 1944

Graphite on Paper

14 x 10 in

(35.56 x 25.4 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Half Moon Sugar Mill Sketch II), ca. 1960s

Black ink on cardstock

15.125 x 21.75 in

(38.42 x 55.25 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Two Sailboats), ca. 1940s and 1950s

Graphite on Paper

8 x 13 in

(20.32 x 33.02 cm)

Michael Lester
Drawing 2B from “Ship Compass” series, ca. 1940s and 1950s

Mixed Media on Vintage Sea Chart

8.5 x 8.5 in

(21.59 x 21.59 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Study of Sailboat with Eye), ca. 1940s - 1950s

Graphite on Paper

13 x 8 in

(33.02 x 20.32 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Campbell's, Beach View Hotel), 1960

graphite on folded cardstock

Closed: 15 x 22.5 inches; Open: 29.875 x 22.5 inches

Michael Lester
Untitled (Montego Bay Yacht Club), 1955

Graphite on paper

6.75 x 10.25 in

(17.15 x 26.04 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Boats at Harbor), 1953

Untitled (Boats at Harbor)

15.25 x 18.25 in

(38.74 x 46.36 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Mountains Between Boats and Airplanes), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on cardstock

11.5 x 15.25 in

(29.21 x 38.74 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Sailing Rigging Study), ca. 1940s - 1950s.

Graphite on Paper

14.25 x 10.75 in

(36.2 x 27.31 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Bathroom - Cottage at Belmont), 1959

Graphite on cardstock

11.125 x 15.125 in

(28.26 x 38.42 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Abbey Court Hotel), 1953

Graphite on paper attached to cardstock

13.5 x 19.875 in

(34.29 x 50.48 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Beyford Clarke Figure Drawing), ca. 1950s

Charcoal on cardstock

7 x 5.25 in

(17.78 x 13.34 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Front Gate Studies), ca. 1950s-1960s

graphite on cardstock

11.375 x 11.75 in

(28.89 x 29.85 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Stern of Steamship), ca. 1940s - 1950s

Black ink on back of vintage sea chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Patio Study)

Graphite on cardstock

11.5 x 22.875 in

(29.21 x 58.1 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Sunset Lodge Advertisement), ca. 1950s-1960s

Paint on cardstock

15.375 x 12 in

(39.05 x 30.48 cm)

Michael Lester
Country Churchyard, 1953

Oil On Canvas

22.25 x 30 in

(56.52 x 76.2 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (S.S. Kowel, Belfast), 1945

Watercolor on Paper

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship's Galley), 1948

Graphite on Paper

19 x 13 in

(48.26 x 33.02 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Naval Warship), ca. 1940s

Graphite on Vintage Sea Chart

17 x 34 in

(43.18 x 86.36 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Poor Bastard), ca. 1950s

graphite on paper

11 x 8.5 in

(27.94 x 21.59 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Harbor Scene), ca. 1950s-1960s

Black ink on cardstock

16 x 20.5 in

(40.64 x 52.07 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (‘Cutty Sark’ Ship Study), ca. 1940s

Graphite on Paper

14 x 10 in

(35.56 x 25.4 cm)

Michael Lester
Torpedo, ca. 1940s

Watercolor on Paper

Michael Lester
Untitled (Eustace's House), ca. 1952

Graphite on Paper

10.125 x 8.5 in

(25.72 x 21.59 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (The ‘Cutty Sark’ at Her Last Berth), ca. 1940s

Graphite on Paper

15.5 x 11.25 in

(39.37 x 28.58 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (HMA Dockyard Portsmouth), 1948

Blank ink drawing on back of vintage sea chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Herbert Clarence), ca. 1950s-1960s

Black and white ink/paint; Graphite on paper

22 x 14.5 in

(55.88 x 36.83 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (The Helen Craig Docked), ca. 1940s

Watercolor on Paper

14.75 x 21.5 in

(37.47 x 54.61 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Men on Sailboat with Eyes), ca. 1950s

Mixed Media on Paper

8.25 x 5.5 in

(20.96 x 13.97 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Red Sailboat), 1951

Mixed Media on Vintage Sea Chart

8.5 x 8.5 in

(21.59 x 21.59 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Project for Art Gallery in Belmont), ca. 1950s-1960s

graphite on cardstock

11.5 x 22.5 in

(29.21 x 57.15 cm)

Michael Lester, Janice Rankin
Rasta, ca. 1965 (original), ca. 2000 (reproduction)

Oil on Hardboard

Michael Lester
Woman in Tenement Yard, 1955

Oil on Hardboard

Michael Lester
Untitled (Richard Coulter II), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on Paper

12 x 13 in

(30.48 x 33.02 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Jaunty Approaching Dungeness), 1949

Graphite on Vintage Sea Chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Party Amongst Palms), ca. 1950s-1960s

Graphite on paper

5.875 x 7.625 in

(14.92 x 19.37 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Pelican Study), ca. 1950s-1960s

Black ink on paper

11.125 x 7.75 in

(28.26 x 19.69 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Plans for Garden at City Center, Mont..., ca. 1950s-1960s

Graphite and colored pencil on cardstock

15.875 x 22.625 in

(40.32 x 57.47 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Draftsman Table), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on Paper

13 x 16.5 in

(33.02 x 41.91 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Anchor of the HMS Renown), 1948

Graphite on Vintage Sea Chart

13.75 x 15.5 in

(34.93 x 39.37 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Devon Rocky Shore I), 1943

Watercolor on Paper

15.5 x 22.75 in

(39.37 x 57.79 cm)

Michael Lester, Janice Rankin
Jonkanoo, ca. 1960s

Oil on Hardboard

Michael Lester
Untitled (Winthrop L. Marvin), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on Paper

12 x 13 in

(30.48 x 33.02 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Double Masted Model Ship)

Watercolor on Paper

21 x 27 in

(53.34 x 68.58 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Sky, Hill, and Sea), ca. 1940s-1950s

Watercolor on Paper

14.5 x 21.25 in

(36.83 x 53.98 cm)

Michael Lester
Redstripe, 1965

Oil on Hardboard

Michael Lester
Untitled (Bridge Over River), ca. 1940s

Watercolor on Paper

14.5 x 21.75 in

(36.83 x 55.25 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Harbor Scene with Factory Smoke Stacks), ca. 1940s

Water Color and Graphite on Paper

15.5 x 22.5 in

(39.37 x 57.15 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Cat in City Park), ca. 1940s

Watercolor on Paper

14.75 x 21.5 in

(37.47 x 54.61 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Ship Convoy), ca. 1940s

Charcoal on paper

22.5 x 31 in

(57.15 x 78.74 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (SS Poznań, Bow View), ca. 1944

Graphite on Vintage Sea Chart

22.5 x 15 in

(57.15 x 38.1 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich), 1943

Watercolor on Paper

15.25 x 22.75 in

(38.74 x 57.79 cm)

Michael Lester
Blue Duck Girl, ca. 1960-1972

Unfinished Oil on Hardboard

22.75 x 18 in

(57.79 x 45.72 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (“There, she blows!”), ca. 1940s-1950s

Graphite on Paper

13.5 x 19.75 in

(34.29 x 50.17 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (HMS Sirius at HM Dockyard Portsmouth), ca. 1946-1949

Graphite drawing on the back of a vintage sea chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Studies for Corvette HMS Largo Bay), 1948

Black ink drawing on back on vintage sea chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Studies for Reynolds Feed Mill Plant,..., ca. 1950s

Graphite and ink on cardstock

30 x 22.5 in

(76.2 x 57.15 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Steamship and Hills), ca. 1940s-1950s

Watercolor on Paper

15.5 x 22.5 in

(39.37 x 57.15 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Orchid Study), ca. 1950s

Graphite and colored pencil on illustration board

20 x 15 in

(50.8 x 38.1 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (“Barnstaple Bay, Bristol Channel”), 1946

Graphite on Paper

8.5 x 13.5 in

(21.59 x 34.29 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (South Shingles Buoy Study), December 6, 1948; May 3, 1949

Black ink drawing on the back of vintage sea chart

17 x 17 in

(43.18 x 43.18 cm)

Michael Lester
Untitled (Half Moon Rose Hall, 18 Hole Golf Cou..., ca. 1950s-1960s

graphite on cardstock

14.5 x 22 in

(36.83 x 55.88 cm)

The Michael Lester Collections

Chevy Chase, Maryland