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FRANCKS DECEUS (1966 - ) Pilgrimage #14.
Mixed media, with oil, acrylic, crayon and collage of canvas, thread and buttons, on a joined diptych of linen and cotton canvas, 2007. 1778x560 mm; 70x60 inches. Signed in oil, upper left snf upprrecto. Signed, initialed, titled, dated and inscribed "60x70, mx on canvas" in ink, upper center verso.
Provenance: the artist, New York; Avisca Fine Art, Atlanta, GA; private collection, New Jersey (2007).
This striking mixed media work on canvas is a large example from Francks Francois Deceus' 2007 Pilgrimage series of works of massed peoples. The Haitian-born Brooklyn-based painter and printmaker is an artist well-known for his graphic and colorful figurative depictions of African Americans. Deceus' imagery suggests both an interest in spirituality and abstraction in his work, and perhaps the influence of Norman Lewis. In addition to many gallery exhibitions, his paintings have been included in several museum exhibitions including the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MOCADA), Brooklyn, NY, the Brooklyn Museum, and the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN. His work is also found in the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Cuture, New York, and Xavier University, New Orleans.
