LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on masonite board

Measurements:

16.57 in. (42.10 cm.) (height) by 21.97 in. (55.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed in oil, lower right

Exhibited:

acquired from family descendants of the artist, Colorado; private collection, Colorado This striking still life is a scarce World War II subject by an African-American artist - inspired by the U.S armed forces fighting in the Pacific 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, Neal exhibited his own paintings and was included in the 1939 Baltimore Museum of Art's Contemporary Negro Art, the first museum group exhibition of African-American artists, and the 1940 Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro (1851-1940) at the Tanner Galleries in Chicago, the largest survey of African-American art at the time

Provenance:

acquired from family descendants of the artist, Colorado; private collection, Colorado This striking still life is a scarce World War II subject by an African-American artist - inspired by the U.S armed forces fighting in the Pacific 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, Neal exhibited his own paintings and was included in the 1939 Baltimore Museum of Art's Contemporary Negro Art, the first museum group exhibition of African-American artists, and the 1940 Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro (1851-1940) at the Tanner Galleries in Chicago, the largest survey of African-American art at the time