Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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Charles White

Seed of Heritage 

Session begins in

May 16, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Bid

200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Charles White

1918 - 1979


Seed of Heritage

signed and dated '68 (lower right)

charcoal and crayon on paper laid down on board

59 ¾ by 44 ¾ in.

151.8 by 113.7 cm.

Executed in 1968.

Private Collection (acquired by 2001)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

David C. Driskell, The Other Side of Color, San Francisco 2001, pl. 69, pp. 126-128, illustrated in color

Andrea D. Barnwell, Charles White, San Francisco 2002, p. vi

Washington, D.C., National Museum of African Art, Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue, November 2014 - January 2016, pl. 32, pp. 37 and 73, illustrated in color