Sep 15, 2015 - Sale 2390

Sale 2390 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
PHOEBE BEASLEY (1943 - )
Play it Pretty for the People.

Collage of various printed and color fabrics and papers with mixed media, 1994. 610x610 mm; 24x24 inches. Signed in ink and marker, lower left.

Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; the estate of Dr. Maya Angelou, with the artist's gallery labels on the frame back.

Play it Pretty for the People is one of a 1990s series of collages by the artist depicting jazz and blues musicians.