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| Robert Gwathmey's 1962, oil on canvas, sold for an artist's record of $72,000 at auction |
On November 17 a sale of American Art At the Swann Galleries set a new all time new record for work by social realist painter Robert Gwathmey. Mr.Gwathmey is most famous for his depictions of African American Life in the South. Prologue II, an oil canvas sold for 72,000 meeting the estimate of 60,000/90,000. The previous artist record of 33,350 dollars was set in 1995. The Prologue II more than doubles that.
Why I think this piece of artwork is so loved by people is because it is a honest depiction of the hardships the slaves had to endure. It shows the ugly past of America and what we have done to overcome and not go back to our old ways of slavery.
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