Provenance
Jeffrey Deitch, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Armory Show, The Florine Stettheimer Collapsed Time Salon (curated by Jeffery Deitch), March 2 - 5, 2017
Literature
M.H. Miller, "A Pioneering Feminist Artist’s Studio Gets Revived in New York", New York Times, March 1, 2017 (illustrated)
Artist Biography
Tschabalala Self
American • 1990
Harlem-born artist Tschabalala Self combines sewing, printing and painting in a singular style that speaks to her experience of contemporary black womanhood. Despite her extensive use of craft methods, Self considers herself to be a painter above all else. Her work is known for exaggerated colors and forms, allowing the personages within to “escape” from society’s narrow perceptions.
Explaining her practice, the artist stated: “I hope to correct misconceptions propagated within and projected upon the Black body. Multiplicity and possibility are essential to my practice and general philosophy. My subjects are fully aware of their conspicuousness and are unmoved by the viewer. Their role is not to show, explain, or perform but rather ‘to be.’ In being, their presence is acknowledged and their significance felt. My project is committed to this exchange, for my own edification and for the edification of those who resemble me.”
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Tschabalala Self

Trees

acrylic, colored pencil and thread on canvas collage on canvas
54 x 44 in. (137.2 x 111.8 cm.)
Executed in 2017.

Estimate
$70,000 - 100,000

Sold for $87,500

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Sam Mansour
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
New York
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New York Auction 4 March 2020