Andre Leroy Davis
"Faces Of '97" Original Artwork And Prefatory Sketches, 1997
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 8.820 USD
Price realised: 8.820 USD
Description
ANDRÉ LEROY DAVIS
"PUFFY" & "FACES OF '97". ORIGINAL FINISHED ARTWORK FOR THE "PUFFY" PORTRAIT, AND SKETCHES FOR THE FULL "FACES OF '97" PAGE, DONE FOR THE 86TH "THE LAST WORD". PUBLISHED IN: SOURCE MAGAZINE, ISSUE 101, FEBRUARY 1998.
Original finished "Puffy" artwork, in 7H Pencil, Higgins Fadeproof Brown ink and Dr. Ph. Martin’s Water Colors on Bristol Vellum paper (6 5/8 by 10 ¼ in). Signed lower right.
WITH: Original sketch for “Faces of ‘97”. Pencil on paper (8 ½ by 11 in).
AND: Final sketches of Master P, Biggie, Foxy Brown & Rakim. 7H pencil on Bristol vellum paper (9 1/8 x 13 in)
AND: Layout print copy on paper (8 1/2 x 11 in).
Layout Print copy on 8 ½ by 11 paper
9 1/8 by 13 Bristol paper vellum surface
7H Pencil. "HIP HOP'S OFFICIAL CARTOONIST" (-Ernie Pannicioli) André LeRoy Davis rose to fame as the creator of the brilliant “The Last Word” caricatures which appeared on the last page of Source Magazine from 1990 – 2006, which “…poked fun, in the best Mad Magazine/National Lampoon tradition, at whomever the cover artist happened to be.” (Former Source writer Michael Gonzales). To be featured on the cover of Source and in “The Last Word” m
"PUFFY" & "FACES OF '97". ORIGINAL FINISHED ARTWORK FOR THE "PUFFY" PORTRAIT, AND SKETCHES FOR THE FULL "FACES OF '97" PAGE, DONE FOR THE 86TH "THE LAST WORD". PUBLISHED IN: SOURCE MAGAZINE, ISSUE 101, FEBRUARY 1998.
Original finished "Puffy" artwork, in 7H Pencil, Higgins Fadeproof Brown ink and Dr. Ph. Martin’s Water Colors on Bristol Vellum paper (6 5/8 by 10 ¼ in). Signed lower right.
WITH: Original sketch for “Faces of ‘97”. Pencil on paper (8 ½ by 11 in).
AND: Final sketches of Master P, Biggie, Foxy Brown & Rakim. 7H pencil on Bristol vellum paper (9 1/8 x 13 in)
AND: Layout print copy on paper (8 1/2 x 11 in).
Layout Print copy on 8 ½ by 11 paper
9 1/8 by 13 Bristol paper vellum surface
7H Pencil. "HIP HOP'S OFFICIAL CARTOONIST" (-Ernie Pannicioli) André LeRoy Davis rose to fame as the creator of the brilliant “The Last Word” caricatures which appeared on the last page of Source Magazine from 1990 – 2006, which “…poked fun, in the best Mad Magazine/National Lampoon tradition, at whomever the cover artist happened to be.” (Former Source writer Michael Gonzales). To be featured on the cover of Source and in “The Last Word” m
Auction result well in line with expectations
In September 2020 Sothebys in New York held the auction Hip Hop, which included the work "Faces Of '97" Original Artwork And Prefatory Sketches, 1997 by André LeRoy Davis. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 8,820.00 (€ 7,526.88) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by André LeRoy Davis have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in September 2020 the work Original Artwork For "Ya On Point Phyfe?", 1996. was auctioned for USD 9,450.00 (€ 8,064.52).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im September 2020 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Hip Hop durch, in der auch die Arbeit "Faces Of '97" Original Artwork And Prefatory Sketches, 1997 von André LeRoy Davis zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 8.820,00 (€ 7.526,88) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von André LeRoy Davis konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im September 2020 die Arbeit Original Artwork For "Ya On Point Phyfe?", 1996. für USD 9.450,00 (€ 8.064,52) versteigert.
André LeRoy Davis - Auction history
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