Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Charles White
Three Round Heads (Triptych)
Auction Closed
May 13, 09:05 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Charles White
1918 - 1979
Three Round Heads (Triptych)
signed with the artist's initials three times and dated 65 twice
charcoal on paperboard
17 ¾ by 27 ¼ in. 45.1 by 69.2 cm.
framed: 19 ⅛ by 28 ½ in. 48.6 by 72.4 cm.
Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 1966
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 1966
Harry Belafonte, James Porter and Benjamin Horowitz, Eds., Images of Dignity, the Drawings of Charles White, Los Angeles 1967, pp. 1, 3 and 7, illustrated
Washington, D.C., Howard University, College of Fine Arts, The Gallery of Art; Baltimore, Morgan State College, The Carl Murray Fine Art Center; Nashville, Fisk University, Ballantine Lall, The Art Gallery, Charles White: Drawings, September 1967 - January 1968