Untitled (Two Guitar Playin’ Angels), c1995
Paint on wood assemblage
96 X 48 in (243.84 x 121.92 cm)
Hand-signed “Young” upper right.
Provenance: carefully hand-selected directly from the artist’s Miami studio
In the world of Purvis Young, in the presence of angels, there is music. A church choir seldom sufficed. Young instead relied on traditional forms of American music, specifically Blues and Jazz. For this beautiful light filled study in color, the artist has chosen a simple guitar to lead the symphony – one halo adorned angel plays to the distance while the other lounges close by in relaxed fashion. A simple overpainted frame extends the parameters of the work which exhibits all-direction brushwork, where the artist mashes up a stylistic collision of Post-Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
