Daniel Larue Johnson

Lot 354 DANIEL LARUE JOHNSON (american b. 1938) "HYPERBOLA" Signed, titled and dated 1974 verso, oil on canvas 66 3/4 x 40 in. Estimate $500-700 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman's Conditions of Sale.

Mixed media collage on canvas, 1962. 355x355 mm; 14x14 inches. Signed, titled, dated "Painted May 28, 62," and inscribed "Eichmann 6 million Jews, America ? Negroes" and "250.00" in ink verso. Illustrated in The Golden State Mutual Afro-American Art Collection, p. 14 (mis-identified, correct description on facing page). This is an early collage work by a young artist who was tackling issues that reflected the growing Civil Rights struggle. In 1963, Johnson travelled to New York with Melvin Edwards to see if his "ideas about American art and life were relevant to reality." According to Mary Schmidt Campbell, he continued to make assemblage works that year - "Danny Johnson, also a metal sculptor, whose abstract minimalist forms had begun to attract critical attention, crafted a piece entitled Yesterday, a box in which a headless doll drifts next to an American flag, which paid homage to the times. Johnson's assemblage, unlike Edwards's totems, proved to be a diversion from his major aesthetic direction." Campbell, p. 51.

Lot 356 DANIEL LARUE JOHNSON (american b. 1938) "CLEAR THROUGH" One canvas signed and dated 1971, oil on canvas in two parts green: 87 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. red: 89 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. Unframed (2). Estimate $400-600 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman's Conditions of Sale.

You Shall Die , 2006 Colored marker on illustration board. 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm). Signed lower edge. Dated on verso. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

acrylic on wood