Popular Culture
Popular Culture
Sold to benefit Think Equal
Miles Davis
An Original Artwork Signed By The Artist, 1988
Lot Closed
September 12, 01:49 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Oil on paper, backed on board, untitled, signed 'Miles' in red paint to the lower right corner, framed.
Together with a handwritten and illustrated dedication from Miles Davis ‘to Disco 2000’, on Hotel Alhambra Palace letterheaded paper.
Dimensions
29 1/2in x 21 1/2in (75cm x 54.6cm)
35in x 27in (88.9cm x 68.6cm) framed
Provenance
Gifted by Miles Davis to the co-organiser of the 9th International Jazz Festival in Granada, 1988. Miles Davis stayed at the same hotel (Alhambra Palace Hotel) during the festival as the organiser, who was also the owner of the record shop ‘Disco 2000’ in Marbella.
Thence by direct descent and generously donated to support the charity Think Equal.
The American jazz great Miles Davis took up painting as a means of improving the recovery of his hand after a period of ill health in 1982. The present artwork is abstract and highly stylised in nature, typical of his output throughout the 1980s. At the 1988 Granada Jazz Festival, the Miles Davis Group shared the billing with the Paquito De Rivera Sextet with Tete Montoliú, the Oscar Peterson Trio, and the Chick Corea Electric Band.
Think Equal is a global initiative which calls for a system change in education, to end the discriminatory mindset and the cycle of violence across the world, and to ensure positive life outcomes for children. The seller's proceeds from this Lot will be donated directly to Think Equal.
The Consignor (Think Equal) is donating 100% of the hammer price from the sale of this Lot, to be sold in Sotheby’s Popular Culture online sale held from 29 August – 12 September 2024.