Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 16, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Gallery 1957, Accra
    Private Collection
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Accra, Gallery 1957, Homecoming: The Aesthetic of the Cool, March 26–May 9, 2021

  • Literature

    Tom Seymour, "He Used to Work for FedEx. Now, Artist Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe Is at the Forefront of the Next Generation of West African Art Stars," Artnet News, March 22, 2021, online (illustrated, erroneously dated 2021)

  • Artist Biography

    Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe

    Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe paints empowering images of black men and women set against lush monochromatic backgrounds. His portraits of friends and family are celebrations of blackness and reclamations of lost and forgotten cultural dignity. He uses color, the primary instrument of self-expression in his native Ghana, as a language of transformation to create a dynamic of cultural, political, and personal redemption. Quaicoe was born in Accra, Ghana, where he was first introduced to painting by the expressive, highly stylized posters painted by local artists to advertise upcoming films, and attended the Ghanatta College of Art and Design for Fine Art in Accra, where he studied painting. He lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

     
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Property of an Important Collector

307

Pricilla

oil on canvas
59 x 36 in. (149.9 x 91.4 cm)
Painted in 2020.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $63,000

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 November 2022