Oil on found fabric, with applied carpet strip frame, all mounted to painted plywood board, singed to center and perimeter, center depicts four dancing figures on a striped orange and black field; the perimeter with a larger procession of celebrating figures, star studded field to top left; singed to center and perimeter.

48 x 36 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.

Wear consistent with intent.