Lot 248
  • 248

David Hammons

Estimate
55,000 - 75,000 USD
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Description

  • David Hammons
  • Untitled (Kool-Aid)
  • signed and dated Hammons 03 on the reverse
  • Kool-Aid and watercolor on paper
  • 40 1/2 by 25 1/2 in.
  • 102.9 by 64.8 cm.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Catalogue Note

In his mission to articulate the situations of blacks in modern America, Dave Hammons mostly works with found materials he gathers from Harlem streets and lots, leveraging the inherent or assumed cultural properties of these objects to reinforce his message.  In the present work, he has modified this strategy  by using  Kool-Aid, an inexpensive soft drink preparation, as part of the medium.