The first an oil wash and graphite details on paper, mounted to found board, depicting figures on horseback with sword and shield, signed upper right, retains Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art exhibition label to verso (25 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.); the second an oil on tempered hardboard, with applied strip molding frame, featuring central figures on horseback with dancing figures below, signed upper middle (30 1/2 x 21 in.)

Being Sold to Benefit Carteret Community College Foundation, Morehead City, North Carolina

Purvis Young worked with materials that he found, recycled, or otherwise constructed to create a narrative. Self-taught, his work is personal and direct, recording the struggles, the hopes, and the joys of his world, the inner city of Miami called Overtown. He has created many public commissioned murals around this area, and his work has been included in many exhibitions throughout the US and abroad, including most recently at Palazzo Mora, Venice; the Met Museum in 2018; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco in 2017; and numerous other prestigious exhibition venues.

Both in good condition, wear consistent with intent.