Oil on found surfaces, mounted to cardboard, with applied star decorated wood strip molding to sides, signed in four areas; the first image of a group of dancing figures in a celestial star landscape with onlookers, the second of figures on horseback surrounded by dancing figures in a celestial star landscape, the third of a large truck with figures in a city, and the fourth of a group of insects hovering above three vehicles.

44 x 43 1/2 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.

One small area appears to be missing a mounted surface to upper right; some moisture staining to recto; otherwise wear is consistent with intent.

$2,000 - 4,000