Oct 03, 2013 - Sale 2323

Sale 2323 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
LA MONTE E. WESTMORELAND (1941 - )
Black Kabuki with Uncle Ben #5.

Collage on black board, 2004. 508x432 mm; 20x17 inches. Signed, titled and dated "5-22-04 Start" and "7-30-03/04 Finished" in white crayon on the verso.

Provenance: the artist, Los Angeles.

La Monte Westmoreland is a Los Angeles-based collage artist, receiving a MA and MFA in collage and assemblage from California State University, Los Angeles. His Kabuki with Uncle Ben Series "projects [his] wry sense of humor and exposes social issues which are layered with political satire, complimented by [his] use of pop icon imagery," according to the artist. His works can be found in the collections of Dr. Samella Lewis, California African American Museum, and the Museum of African-American Art, Austin.