Lot 50: Things Fall Apart: Kanuri Woman (African Series); and a companion painting

Name: Things Fall Apart: Kanuri Woman (African Series); and a companion painting
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 3bfce82b3a

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 17, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Lezley Saar (American, b. 1953) Things Fall Apart: Kanuri Woman (African Series); and a companion painting each signed and dated 'Lezley Saar/ 99' (on the reverse) each acrylic on fabric laid down on board in artist's frame the first 28 x 18 in. (66 x 45.7 cm.) (2)Each executed in 1999.

Dimensions

66 x 45.7 cm.

Artist or Maker

Lezley Saar

Exhibited

Lubbock, Museum of Texas Tech University; Colorado Springs, Center for Contemporary Art; Moscow, Pritchard Art Gallery; Jackson, Smith Robertson Cultural Center; College Station, Stark University Center Galleries; Newport News, Peninsula Fine Arts Center; Baton Rouge, Shaw Center for the Arts; Los Angeles, California African American Museum; Bermuda, Bermuda National Gallery, Living With Art, January 2003-February 2008.

Provenance

The artist. Private Collection, Los Angeles. Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 June 2008, lot 80.

Auction Details

Interiors

Christie's

December 17, 2014, 10:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, NY 10020, US

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