
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)
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