
Property from a Prestigious West Coast Collection
The Casting Call
Auction Closed
November 19, 02:43 AM GMT
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Prestigious West Coast Collection
Noah Davis
(1983 - 2015)
The Casting Call
signed and titled (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
60 by 62 in.
152.4 by 157.5 cm.
Executed in 2008.
Roberts & Tilton, Culver City
Acquired from the above in 2008 by the present owner
Seattle, Frye Art Museum, Young Blood: Noah Davis, Kahlil Joseph, The Underground Museum, April - June 2016, p. 67, illustrated in color (in installation) and p. 115, illustrated in color
New York, David Zwirner, Noah Davis, January - February 2020, p. 40, illustrated in color
Los Angeles, The Underground Museum, Noah Davis, January - September 2022
Sebastian Smee, “Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent.,” The Washington Post, 30 January 2020 (text) (online)
Roberta Smith, "Still Casting a Hypnotic Spell," The New York Times, Vol. 169, No. 58,596, 7 February 2020, p. C15, illustrated
Dessane Lopez Cassell, “Noah Davis’s Delightfully Surreal Visions of the Black Mundane,” Hyperallergic, 19 February 2020 (text) (online)
Holland Cotter, Roberta Smith and Jason Farago, “The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020,” The New York Times, 13 December 2020, illustrated in color (online)
Emily Dinsdale, “Noah Davis’ poignant paintings depict the everyday lives of Black Americans,” Dazed, 12 October 2021, illustrated in color (online)
Albert Mobilio, “Noah Davis,” Bookforum, Vol. 27, Iss. 4, Dec/Jan/Feb 2021, p. 28 (text)
Ricky Amadour, "The Haunt of One Yet Faintly Present: Noah Davis, Still at Home," Riot Material, 2 June 2022 (text) (online)
Habda Rashid, "My favourite painting," Country Life, Vol. 219, No. 46, 16 November 2022, p. 46, illustrated in color
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