LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on cotton canvas

Measurements:

27.99 in. (71.10 cm.) (height) by 48.50 in. (123.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed and dated in oil lower right recto; Signed and titled in pencil verso and signed and dated in pencil upper stretcher bar verso

Provenance:

acquired from family descendants of the artist Colorado; private collection Colorado This surreal painting is the most unusual painting - an allegorical self-portrait by the artist Neal has depicted a tree-like form whose limbs have taken the shape of the different trades he worked - bricklayer painter and carpenter A native of Atlanta Robert Neal was a student of Hale Woodruff's and became his studio assistant at Spelman College working on the Talladega College Amistad murals in 1939 At the same time