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Robert Colescott

Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future: The Original

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Lot Details

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Robert Colescott

1925 - 2009


Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future: The Original

signed and dated 84 (lower left)

oil on canvas

84 ⅛ by 71 ⅞ in.

213.7 by 182.6 cm.

Executed in 1984.

Semaphore Gallery, New York

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago

G. R. N'Namdi Gallery, Detroit

N'Namdi Contemporary, Miami

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Phillips New York, 16 May 2019, lot 35 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Charlotte, Knight Gallery, Spirit Square Arts Center, Robert Colescott: Another Judgement, February - April 1985, n.p., illustrated

New Orleans, Arthur Roger Gallery, Robert Colescott: Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future, October 2002

Detroit, G. R. N'Namdi Gallery, Robert Colescott, Knowledge: Paintings from the 80s and 90s, September - October 2003

Lisa M. Collins, "Exhibits with bite," Detroit Metro Times, 1 October 2003, illustrated in color (online)