The coupling of the mother and baby in the painting captivated me. It was a small oil painting, giving an intimacy to the image of the mother swaddling her child. I didn’t immediately recognize the artist…
Category: Art
How to get more African American artists on Wikipedia
Posted in Art, Black history, and history
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Art Deco lamps festooned with female nudes
Posted in Art, and collectibles
The woman in black lacquer with her hands folded behind her head and her bare chest poked out was the first lamp I saw on the table. It was among a thicket of metal table…
I was standing in a room of screaming giants whose voices were in their postures. Every wall in the gallery burst with color of young African American men treated as majestic figures – with eyes that were altogether proud,…
Reader asks about where to buy a Dox Thrash print
Posted in Art, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
The works were just as far apart in style as they were in locations at the auction house. I saw the colored etching first, its image of two string-playing musicians peppered with age spots on the…
The black sculpted head was almost lost among the pile of stuff on the auction table. Maybe that’s why I had walked right past it during my first preview of items that were hours away…
“There’s David Driskell.” Alvin Lester was sitting about two chairs away from me and could see around the thick post that was blocking my view. Lester is an art consultant from Richmond, VA, whom my…
The first thing I saw as I walked into the church community center was a huge wall with multicolored images featuring a man’s brown face surrounded by puzzle pieces that appeared both cacophonous and distinct. As…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…