Artist:
Jack Whitten
Artwork:
Black Monolith, Vii Du Bois Legacy: For W.E. Burghardt
Size:
213.4 x 160 cm
Medium:
Acrylic on canvas
Creation year:
2014
Marks:
Signed, titled, dated 2014, and variously inscribed on the reverse
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Hauser & Wirth; Acquired by the present owner from the previous
Exhibition history:
New Haven, 32 Edgewood Gallery, Yale University School of Art, Piece Work, April - May 2015; Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture 1963-2017, April - May 2019, p. 33 (text), pp. 126-127, no. 48, illustrated in color, and pp. 168 and 172 (text)
Sotheby's New York
Date:
2019-11-14
Lot Number:
42
Low Estimate:
$800000
[+25%]
High Estimate:
$1000000
[+0%]
Hammer Price:
$1000000
Sold For:
$1220000