Live Auction 21774Modern American Art
DAVID DRISKELL (1931-2020)
Lot 102 THE COLLECTION OF LOIS AND PHILIP MACHT

DAVID DRISKELL (1931-2020)

During Eclipse

Closed18 April 2024

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DAVID DRISKELL (1931-2020)
Driskell, D.
During Eclipse
signed 'Driskell' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 39 ¾ in. (127 x 101 cm.)
Painted in 1964.

Baltimore Museum of Art Rental Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1965.

Specialist note

Born in 1931, David Driskell grew up in North Carolina and studied art at Howard University, The Catholic University of America and the Institute for the History of Art in The Hague. In addition to being a working artist, Driskell worked as a professor at a number of institutions, including the University of Maryland, College Park, which later founded the David C. Driskell Center to honor his work as an artist, curator and scholar. A champion of African American art, Driskell received National Humanities Medal in 2000 and a Lifetime Legacy Award from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2016.