Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(ART.) Honeywood, Varnette. Love is Love--The Family. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 inches; captioned in ink on verso; signed in acrylic, lower right. Np, circa 1985

Additional Details

Varnette Patricia Honeywood (1950-2010) was a Spelman College graduate who found fame as a favorite artist of comedian Bill Cosby. Her work adorned the iconic living room of the Cosby Show from its 1984 debut, and she illustrated his Little Bill children's books. Provenance: The Golden State Mutual Life African-American Art Collection; Swann's inaugural African-American Fine Art sale, 4 October 2007, lot 83, to the consignor.