Live Auction 16979Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Robert Colescott (1925-2009)
Lot 818

Robert Colescott (1925-2009)

The Boss

Closed16 May 2019

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USD 60,000

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Robert Colescott (1925-2009)
The Boss
signed, titled and dated '”The Boss” R. Colescott 1990’ (lower left)
acrylic on paper
40 3/8 x 26 in. (102.6 x 66 cm.)
Painted in 1990.

Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
Private collection, Boston
Private collection, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"To make a statement about white perceptions of black people by redoing a stereotype, who ever thought such a thing could happen?" — Robert Colescott