Sale 2472 - African-American Fine Art, April 5, 2018

130 c CHARLES SEARLES (1937 - 2004) Untitled . Acrylic on primed wood construction, 1991. Approximately 1930x1092x305 mm; 76x43x12 inches. Signed and dated in acrylic, underside of the base. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York. Beginning in the late 1980s, Charles Searles created three dimensional abstract works in painted wood - as wall pieces and free standing sculpture. He exhibited them at Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia at the time. Today, several examples are in The Harold A. and Ann R. Sorgenti Collection of Contemporary African-American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. [6,000/9,000]