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Lot 78: Things Fall Apart: Young Woman From Mali signed and dated 'Lezley Saar '99' (on the reverse) acrylic and fabric laid down on plywood in artist frame 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.) Executed in 1999. Things Fall Apart: Man with Nkrumah Haircut

Est: $6,000 USD - $8,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJune 30, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Lezley Saar (B. 1953)
Things Fall Apart: Young Woman From Mali
signed and dated 'Lezley Saar '99' (on the reverse)
acrylic and fabric laid down on plywood in artist frame
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1999.

Things Fall Apart: Man with Nkrumah Haircut (African Series)
signed and dated 'Lezley Saar 2000' (on the reverse)
acrylic and fabric laid down on plywood in artist frame
20¼ x 16¼ in. (51.4 x 41.3 cm.)
Executed in 2000. (2)

Artist or Maker

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

Acquired from the artist by the present owner

Auction Details

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by
Christie's
June 30, 2008, 10:00 AM EST

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