Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
New York/New Wave: From Walls to Canvas
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October 2, 04:46 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
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New York/New Wave: From Walls to Canvas
FUTURA
b.1955
UNTITLED (#02)
signed and dated 9/85 on the reverse
spray enamel on canvas
18 by 14 in. (45.7 by 35.5 cm.)
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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.