Whitfield Lovell

American · b. 1959 · Painter, Sculptor

Whitfield Lovell is a contemporary African-American artist who is known primarily for his drawings of African-American individuals from the first half of the 20th century.… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Whitfield Lovell, Two Works from Kin Series, 2008, conté crayon, collage, and wooden target on paperTwo Works from Kin SeriesBonhams · $20,480≈ £15,411≈ €17,996Sign up to see
  2. Whitfield Lovell, Two Works from Kin Series, 2009, conté crayon, globe bank and collage on paperTwo Works from Kin SeriesBonhams · $16,640≈ £12,522≈ €14,622Sign up to see
  3. Whitfield Lovell, The Threes, 1999, charcoal on wood, with found glass bottles, playing cards, wooden matches, metal tins, shot glass, eyeglasses, shaving brush, hair comb and aspirinThe ThreesPhillips · $12,600≈ £9,274≈ €10,790Sign up to see

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Whitfield Lovell is a contemporary African-American artist who is known primarily for his drawings of African-American individuals from the first half of the 20th century. Lovell creates these drawings in pencil, oil stick, or charcoal on paper, wood, or directly on walls. In his most recent work, these drawings are paired with found objects that Lovell collects at flea markets and antique shops.

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Born 1959, The BronxOccupation Painter, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q7996460 ↗ULAN 500330833 ↗

In the collections of

Metropolitan Museum of ArtMichael C. Carlos MuseumMuseum of Modern ArtNational Museum of African American History and CultureSmithsonian American Art MuseumStudio Museum in Harlem

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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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