Feb 17, 2009 - Sale 2169

Sale 2169 - Lot 68

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
BENNY ANDREWS (1930 - 2006)
Bob Thompson.

Oil on canvas, 1966. 760x490 mm; 30x19 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right recto. Signed, titled and dated in oil, verso.

Provenance: private New York collection.

This painting, a remarkable homage to his friend, artist Bob Thompson, painted the year of his death, includes both a portrait of the artist in the foreground and another within one of his Renaissance compositions in the background.