Norton Museum of Art 2022 Benefit Auction, Palm Beach County, Florida
Norton Museum of Art 2022 Benefit Auction, Palm Beach County, Florida
Purvis Young
Untitled (Figures)
Lot Closed
April 11, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Purvis Young
1943-2010
Untitled (Figures)
Mixed media on found wood
48 x 95 in. (121.9 x 241.3 cm)
Executed circa 1980-85.
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Courtesy of Salon 94, New York
Purvis Young (February 4, 1943 – April 20, 2010) was an American artist from the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Self-taught, Young's work was often a blend painting/drawing with collaged elements utilizing everyday discarded found objects.
Inspired by documentaries, (art)books, American history and spiritual folklore his visual vocabulary was vast; wild horses, urban landscapes, (self) portraits, figures, holymen, angels, warriors, boats, sports, musicians, erotica, processions and incarceration to name but a few.