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  • Michael Kelly Williams, b. 1950, Gnawa
    Dec. 14, 2024

    Michael Kelly Williams, b. 1950, Gnawa

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Michael Kelly Williams b. 1950 Gnawa 1984 woodcut 12 x 17-1/2 inches (image) signed, dated, titled, with AP; inscribed Morocco

    Black Art Auction
  • Michael Kelly Williams, b. 1950, Duet
    May. 18, 2024

    Michael Kelly Williams, b. 1950, Duet

    Est: $800 - $1,000

    Michael Kelly Williams b. 1950 Duet 1986 monotype on golden olive wove paper 22-1/2 x 34-3/4 inches (image) signed and dated, titled

    Black Art Auction
  • MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Beaubien Side.
    Apr. 04, 2024

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Beaubien Side.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Beaubien Side. Woodcut on cream wove paper, 1971. 558x635 mm; 22x25 inches. Signed, titled and numbered 23/42 in pencil, lower margin. Another impression of this scarce print is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Ganawa.
    Oct. 19, 2023

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Ganawa.

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Ganawa. Oil on thick wove paper, 1988. 1118x762 mm; 44x30 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right. Provenance: June Kelly Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; the collection of George T. Wein, New York; the estate of George T. Wein (2021). Exhibited: Syncopated Rhythms: 20th Century African American Art from the George and Joyce Wein Collection, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, November 18, 2005 - January 22, 2006. Illustrated: Patricia Hills, Melissa Renn and Ed Bradley. Syncopated Rhythms: 20th Century African American Art from the George and Joyce Wein Collection, p. 88. Painter, sculptor, printmaker and educator Michael Kelly Williams created this expressive artwork during his 1988 fellowship of study at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. The imagery was informed by his passion for music and travels in Morocco in the 1980s. Williams described the significance of this imagery - " Ganawa is about the music of the Ganawa people of Morocco, who play large metal castanets, string instruments and drums. I was given a tape of the music that I listened to while creating the piece.....(I was) inspired by the music." Williams was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, just outside of Paris where his father, the artist Kelly Williams, was studying under the GI Bill. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Cass Technical High School. Williams has a BFA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an MFA in sculpture from Brooklyn College, CUNY. Williams has had several prestigious residencies, including at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Materials for the Arts in Long Island City, and Wave Hill in the Bronx. He also received the first Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Legacy Publishing Fellowship at the Elizabeth Foundation and was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Grant. His work can be found in several museum and institutional collections, such as The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, the Library of Congress, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. All proceeds to benefit the Newport Festivals Foundations, Inc., the non-profit organization created by George Wein to carry on the legacy of his Newport Jazz and Newport Folk Festivals. Hills/Renn/Bradley p. 89.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Ecclesiastics.
    Oct. 19, 2023

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Ecclesiastics.

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Ecclesiastics. Oil monotype on wove paper, 1988. 559x864 mm; 22x34 inches, full margins. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "monotype" in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: the collection of George T. Wein, New York; the estate of George T. Wein (2021). This vibrant artwork, like many of Michael Kelly Williams's artworks, is inspired by jazz. The title derives from Charles Mingus's popular song Ecclusiastics - first recorded by the jazz pianist and composer in 1961 for his album Oh Yeah. Ecclesiastics was used as the cover art for jazz pianist Gerri Allen's 1990 album The Nurturer. All proceeds to benefit the Newport Festivals Foundations, Inc., the non-profit organization created by George Wein to carry on the legacy of his Newport Jazz and Newport Folk Festivals.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • Michael Kelly Williams, b. 1950, Out There
    Jul. 17, 2021

    Michael Kelly Williams, b. 1950, Out There

    Est: $600 - $800

    Michael Kelly Williams b. 1950 Out There 1984 Monotype on paper Signed, titled and dated lower margin. Designated "Monotype" in pencil lower left. 22.25 x 34.5 inches, 34 x 46 inches (as framed) Collection of Julia E. Harris, Chicago Acquired directly from the artist

    Black Art Auction
  • Oil on Canvas, "Trio," Michael Kelly Williams
    Feb. 22, 2017

    Oil on Canvas, "Trio," Michael Kelly Williams

    Est: $200 - $400

    (French, b. 1950), appears to be unsigned. Sight size: 45"h x 39"w

    Nye & Company
  • Oil on Canvas, "Trio," Michael Kelly Williams
    Mar. 09, 2016

    Oil on Canvas, "Trio," Michael Kelly Williams

    Est: $600 - $900

    (French, b. 1950), appears to be unsigned. RDA#70499 Bin#85 Sight size: 45"h x 39"w

    Nye & Company
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS - Untitled, 2010
    Sep. 17, 2015

    MICHAEL WILLIAMS - Untitled, 2010

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    graphite, ink, oil stick on paper

    Phillips
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS - Untitled, 2010
    Sep. 17, 2015

    MICHAEL WILLIAMS - Untitled, 2010

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    ink, colored pencil, collage on paper

    Phillips
  • MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) New Music II.
    Feb. 16, 2012

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) New Music II.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) New Music II. Color intaglio on Arches paper, 1983. 438x572 mm; 17 1/4x22 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, numbered 33/40 and inscribed "For Max Roach" in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression with vivid colors. Another impression can be found in the collection of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, from the donation of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop collection.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Two monotypes.
    Feb. 17, 2011

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Two monotypes.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    MICHAEL KELLY WILLIAMS (1950 - ) Two monotypes. The Gift, 1984. * For Trane, 1985. Both approx. 559x889 mm; 22x35 inches. Both signed, titled, dated and inscribed "Monoprint" in pencil, lower margin. Both very good, rich impressions. Michael Kelly Williams received his B.F.A. from the University of Michigan in 1973. He then taught at Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop in New York, where he worked primarily in monoprint, printing with thin pieces of metal and plastic. A printmaker and sculptor, Williams has also created glass mosaic murals for the New York City subway, where the arches of the tracks mimic shapes used in his earlier printmaking.

    Swann Auction Galleries
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