85
●
CHARLES ALSTON (1907 - 1977)
Untitled (Figure Composition)
.
Oil on linen canvas, circa 1974. 1016x1270 mm; 40x50 inches. Signed in oil, lower right.
Provenance: the estate of the artist; thence by descent to the current owner.
This colorful and striking painting is the largest work by Charles Alston to come to auction, and is
an excellent example of his figure compositions. Here,Alston captures NewYork City’s mid-1970s
