Contemporary Art Online
Contemporary Art Online
Lot Closed
March 7, 06:43 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Bernard Chappard
FUTURA
b.1955
UNTITLED
signed and dated 1986 on the reverse
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
50¼ by 60 in. (128 by 152.4 cm.)
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.