Feb 28, 2002 - Sale 1926

Sale 1926 - Lot 97

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CARLO, FRED. Pair of mixed-media paintings of black slaves in Middle Eastern settings, in rich pinks and browns with black highlights, 30x22 inches greatest dimensions; Signed by Carlo; in contemporary trapezoidal contemporary 1950s wooden frames. United States, 1950s

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Carlo, a painter, printmaker and sculptor was active in Cleveland 1940-41. Exhibited at American Negro Exhibition, Chicago, 1940.
Both a male and female figure are chained beneath towering minarets in this pink mid-Eastern scene. The period frames are a bit chipped, but they are easily restored to their absolute glory.<