Oct 03, 2013 - Sale 2323

Sale 2323 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988)
Untitled (Figure Study).

Pencil on gessoed canvas, mounted on card, circa 1950-55. 127x76 mm; 5x3 inches. Initialed in pencil, lower right.

Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, private New York collection; thence by descent to the current owner.

This is a scarce example of an early pencil drawing by Bearden that reflects his interest in Cubism shortly after his visit to Paris.