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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
FREDDIE STYLES (1944 - )
Rufus I. Acrylic on gessoed paper and mat board, 1975. 711x635 mm; 28x25 inches. Signed and dated in acrylic, lower right.
Provenance: collection of the artist.
The artist recalled Rufus is an anonymous silhouette of a neighborhood boy who he would describe as "Neighborhood Trade." Trade (defunct slang from the United Kingdom) is a term that refers to the non-gay-identified casual partner of a gay man or the genre of such pairings.
