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    • LEROY FOSTER (1925 - 1993) Kee and Me.
      Dec. 10, 2020

      LEROY FOSTER (1925 - 1993) Kee and Me.

      Est: $20,000 - $30,000

      LEROY FOSTER (1925 - 1993) Kee and Me. Oil on masonite board, 1950. 914x559 mm; 36x22 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance; acquired directly from the estate of the artist; private collection, Michigan (2005). Exhibited: Annual Exhibition for Michigan Artists, Detriot Institute of Art, Detroit, 1950 (cited as work no. 67 in the catalog of that exhibition), with the entrance label affixed to the verso. This beautiful, painterly portait of the Detroit artist and his pet cat is a wonderful, scarce work by a greatly talented but nationally overlooked painter LeRoy Foster. Foster was about 25 years old when he created Kee and Me, recalling his youth growing up in Detroit and a moment spent with his cat, Kee, at the top of a stair in the house where he lived. In 1950, Foster submitted this picture to the juried annual exhibition of Michigan Artists held at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The jury (John I.H. Baur and Robert H. Tannahill) selected the picture for inclusion in the exhibition. Foster excelled at painting striking portraits. When Foster was only a senior in high school, his self-portrait, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen was submitted to the National Scholastic Art Award after winning the painting prize at his Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Foster went on to study at the Art School of the Detroit Society of the Arts, and also at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills. He later taught at his alma mater Cass Technical High School, and in 1958, founded the Contemporary Studio, with artists Charles McGee and Henri Umbaii King. In 1965, Dr. Charles H. Wright, who established the International Afro-American Museum (now the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History), and where Foster was later Artist-in-Residence, became his friend and patron. Foster is probably best known today for his murals including The Life & Times of Frederick Douglass at the Detroit Public Library's Frederick Douglass Branch, and Renaissance City at Cass Technical High School.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • LEROY FOSTER OIL ON BOARD KNELLING NUDE FEMALE
      Jun. 11, 2017

      LEROY FOSTER OIL ON BOARD KNELLING NUDE FEMALE

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      LEROY FOSTER (MICHIGAN, 1925-1993), OIL ON BOARD, KNELLING NUDE FEMALE WITH HAIRDRESSER, H 23", W 17":Signed near lower left; framed; black Detroit artist.

      DuMouchelles
    • LEROY FOSTER OIL ON BOARD SEATED BLACK FEMALE NUDE
      Jun. 11, 2017

      LEROY FOSTER OIL ON BOARD SEATED BLACK FEMALE NUDE

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      LEROY FOSTER (MICHIGAN,1925-1993), OIL ON BOARD, SEATED BLACK FEMALE NUDE, H 36", W 25":Wide frame; signed upper right; black Detroit artist

      DuMouchelles
    • LEROY FOSTER, OIL ON MASONITE, 1969, 13" X 21" CAT
      Sep. 16, 2012

      LEROY FOSTER, OIL ON MASONITE, 1969, 13" X 21" CAT

      Est: $300 - $500

      LEROY FOSTER, OIL ON MASONITE, 1969, 13" X 21" CAT - WOMAN: Signed Leroy. Black American artist.

      DuMouchelles
    • LEROY FOSTER, PENCIL DRAWING, NUDE LYING DOWN 10"
      Sep. 16, 2012

      LEROY FOSTER, PENCIL DRAWING, NUDE LYING DOWN 10"

      Est: $200 - $400

      LEROY FOSTER, PENCIL DRAWING, NUDE LYING DOWN 10" X 17": nude male. Signed "Leroy".

      DuMouchelles
    • LEROY FOSTER [1925 - 93], 1975, 20" X 16", BLACK BASEBALL PLAYER
      Nov. 13, 2011

      LEROY FOSTER [1925 - 93], 1975, 20" X 16", BLACK BASEBALL PLAYER

      Est: $600 - $1,000

      LEROY FOSTER [1925 - 93], 1975, 20" X 16", BLACK BASEBALL PLAYER: Player probably played for Chicago or Cleveland. Signed Foster and '75. Leroy Foster was an African American artist active in Detroit, a fine portrait painter [with many European clients] he was most well known in Detroit for public mural commissions, including "The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass" for the Frederick Douglass Branch of the Detroit Public Library; "Kaleidoscope" for the lobby of Southwest Detroit Hospital, and "Renaissance City," at the old Cass Tech [where in 1986 the picture was vandalized by ink splattering and restored by Foster.]

      DuMouchelles
    • LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Self-Portrait).
      Feb. 19, 2008

      LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Self-Portrait).

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Self-Portrait). Oil on canvas board, circa 1942. 610x505 mm; 24x20 inches. With a signed label on the verso. Provenance: the artist; private Michigan collection. This stunning self-portrait was made by a very talented, young artist at the age of only 17 as a senior in high school. According to the labels on the painting back, this work was submitted to the National Scholastic Art Award after winning the painting prize at his Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Foster went on to study at the Art School of the Detroit Society of the Arts. He later taught at his alma mater Cass Technical High School, and in 1958, founded the Contemporary Studio, with artists Charles McGee and Henri Umbaii King. He is best known for his mural of Frederick Douglass in the downtown branch of the Detroit Public Library.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Summer River.
      Feb. 06, 2007

      LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Summer River.

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      LEROY FOSTER (1925 - ) Summer River. Watercolor on illustration board, circa 1948. 360x445 mm; 14 1/8x17 1/2 inches. Signed in watercolor, lower right. This early watercolor is a self portrait of the young artist with a friend. Foster is a Detroit artist who studied at the Art School of the Detroit Society of the Arts. He taught at Cass Technical High School where he was himself a student, and in 1958 later founded the Contemporary Studio, with artists Charles McGee and Henri Umbaii King. He is best known for his mural of Frederick Douglass in the downtown branch of the Detroit Public Library.

      Swann Auction Galleries
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