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WALTER SANFORD (1912 - 1987)
Untitled (Abstraction)
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Casein and oil on paper, mounted to board, 1960. 432x1422 mm; 17x56 inches. Signed and dated
in oil, lower left.
Provenance: private Boston collection.
A Chicago painter who was associated in the 1940s with the Southside Community Art Center,
Sanford had a wide-ranging career. Born in Detroit, Sanford moved to Chicago and studied at the
Art Institute of Chicago under Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. As many African Americans in the past, he
found his way to Paris where, in 1952, he won the Prix de Paris. Upon his return to Chicago, he
was frequently called “The Black Picasso.” He traveled often and worked for periods in Mexico,
Detroit, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. According to his obituary in the
Chicago Tribune
, he was a self-
described “Abstract Expressionist,” exhibited in more than 20 major shows and had more than two
dozen solo exhibitions.
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