Sale 2528 - African-American Fine Art, January 30, 2020

86 c PHOEBE BEASLEY (1943 - ) When Clifford Brown Came to Town. Mixed media and collage on cotton canvas, 1988. 610x1219 mm; 24x48 inches. Signed in green ink, lower right recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed “24x48, Phoebe Beasley, 6110 El Canon, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91367” in pencil in ink on the frame’s paper backing, verso. Provenance: Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, with the label on the frame back; the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago. Phoebe Beasley is best known for these colorful collaged figurative compositions, incorporating various media, printed papers, fabric and found objects. Beasley’s artwork has been included in