Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
New York/New Wave: From Walls to Canvas Property from the Estate of Bernard Chappard
FUTURA | UNTITLED
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October 2, 04:51 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
New York/New Wave: From Walls to Canvas
Property from the Estate of Bernard Chappard
FUTURA
b.1955
UNTITLED
signed, titled and dated 1989
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
40 by 35 in. (101.6 by 88.8 cm.)
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989
Futura is the street artist moniker of Leonard McGurr. McGurr began his art career as a graffiti artist in the 1970s, and exhibited at the Fun Gallery alongside his contemporaries, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The present work demonstrates Futura’s technical skill as a graffiti artist as it translates to the canvas. McGurr’s work is exhibited at Museo de Arte Moderna Bologna, the Musée de Vire in France and the Museum of the City of New York.