Robert Colescott
Cactus Jack , 1977 (Executed)
Lot #540 |
2025-11-19 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 200,000 - 300,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11734
Auction name: Contemporary Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-11-19
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 83 ÂĽ by 64 â…› in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
210.8
Width In Centimeters:
162.6
Height In Inches:
83.25
Width In Inches:
64.125
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Year notes: Executed in 1977.
Provenance
Estate of the artist Acquired directly from the above in 2018 by the present owner
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Blum & Poe, Robert Colescott , March - April 2018
Literature
David Pagel, “In Robert Colescott’s works at Blum & Poe, nothing is black and white,” Los Angeles Times , 25 March 2018, illustrated (online) Andrew Berardini, “Robert Colescott at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles,” ArtReview , 2 July 2018, illustrated (online) Raphaela Platow and Lowery Stokes Sims, eds., Art of Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott , New York 2019, pp. 76-77, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Description Robert Colescott 1925 - 2009 Cactus Jack signed and dated 77 (lower left) acrylic on canvas 83 ¼ by 64 ⅛ in. 210.8 by 162.6 cm. Executed in 1977. Provenance Estate of the artist Acquired directly from the above in 2018 by the present owner Exhibited Los Angeles, Blum & Poe, Robert Colescott , March - April 2018 Literature David Pagel, “In Robert Colescott’s works at Blum & Poe, nothing is black and white,” Los Angeles Times , 25 March 2018, illustrated (online) Andrew Berardini, “Robert Colescott at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles,” ArtReview , 2 July 2018, illustrated (online) Raphaela Platow and Lowery Stokes Sims, eds., Art of Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott , New York 2019, pp. 76-77, illustrated in color