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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 18, 2018 | Christie's | New York | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 54B | $****** - ****** | You Must Suffer if You Want to be Beautiful |
paintings
193.4 x 141.9 cm (76.13 x 55.88 in)
acrylic, graphite, crayon, paper collage and printed paper collage on canvas
Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica
Private collection, Los Angeles, 1991
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2009
Santa Monica, Koplin Gallery, Kerry James Marshall, March 1991.
K. McKenna, "Mixed-Media Homage to a Black Martyr," Los Angeles Times, 15 March 1991, p. F25.
acrylic, graphite, crayon, paper collage and printed paper collage on canvas
76 1/8 x 55 7/8 in. (193.3 x 141.9 cm.)
Executed in 1991.
