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Swann’s Maya Angelou Sale = $1.29m

September 16, 2015 by Marion Maneker

John Biggers, Kumasi Market (389k USD) Courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries.
John Biggers, Kumasi Market (389k USD)
Courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries.

THE ART COLLECTION OF MAYA ANGELOU

Sale total: $1,294,200 with Buyer’s Premium

Hammer total: $1,054,900 Estimate: $402,000-637,000
We offered 44 lots; 43 sold (98% sell-through rate by lot)

Top lots

32**    Faith Ringgold, Maya’s Quilt of Life, acrylic on canvas and painted, dyed pieced fabrics, 1989. $461,000 P
3**      John Biggers, Kumasi Market, oil and acrylic on masonite board, 1962. $389,000 P
20       Romare Bearden, The Obeah’s Choice (Le Choix de la Sorciére; Choua Manbo-A),watercolor, 1984 $87,500 P
44**    Melvin Edwards, OWWA Maya, welded steel, 2011  $40,000D
7          Biggers, Ethiopian Women, Conte crayon, 1969    $37,500 P
23       Bearden, Rooster, watercolor, c 1985 $21,250p

38**    Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Maya Angelou, silver print with hand coloring, 1993 $17,500 I
14       Bearden, Falling Star, color lithograph, 1980  $15,000 P
27       Jonathan Green, Wading in the Surf, acrylic on masonite board, 1989. $13,750 P
15**    Phoebe Beasley, Catnap, mixed media collage, 1980             $11,875 P

KEY:  * = Auction Record; ** = Artist Record; P = Private or Collector; D = Dealer; I = Institution

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