Avel De Knight Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1933 - d. 1996

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    • Avel De Knight (1923-1995) African American, Watercolour, Feathers. 24 cm x 18 cm.
      Mar. 21, 2024

      Avel De Knight (1923-1995) African American, Watercolour, Feathers. 24 cm x 18 cm.

      Est: £150 - £200

      Avel De Knight (1923-1995) African American, Watercolour, Feathers. 24 cm x 18 cm.

      Hannam's Auctioneers
    • Avel de Knight, 1921-1996, Untitled
      Dec. 02, 2023

      Avel de Knight, 1921-1996, Untitled

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      Avel de Knight 1921-1996 Untitled c. 1950 watercolor and ink on paper 9-1/2 x 10-1/4 inches signed Sagittarius Gallery label verso Provenance: private collection, Boston, MA

      Black Art Auction
    • Avel De Knight, New York (1933-1996), Three Brothers, oil and chalk on canvas
      Sep. 16, 2023

      Avel De Knight, New York (1933-1996), Three Brothers, oil and chalk on canvas

      Est: $3,000 - $4,000

      Avel De Knight New York, (1933-1996) Three Brothers oil and chalk on canvas unsigned. Provenance: Estate of Julien Outin, Paris Estate of Raymond Keith Kissee This work was painted while deKnight was living in Paris at the end of the Second World War studying on the G.I. Bill. Like many of the works from this period, it displays the bold and modern spirit of optimism and innocence that many Americans felt at the beginning of the post-war era.

      Link Auction Galleries
    • Avel De Knight American, 1921-1996 Seated Figure, 1952
      Dec. 21, 2022

      Avel De Knight American, 1921-1996 Seated Figure, 1952

      Est: $600 - $900

      Avel De Knight American, 1921-1996 Seated Figure, 1952 Signed and dated De Knight 52 (ul) Pastel, ink and wash on paper 21 1/2 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.1 cm) C Estate of Dr. Robert A. Silver

      DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
    • Avel De Knight American, 1921-1996 Seated Figure, 1952
      Mar. 30, 2022

      Avel De Knight American, 1921-1996 Seated Figure, 1952

      Est: $1,200 - $1,800

      Avel De Knight American, 1921-1996 Seated Figure, 1952 Signed and dated De Knight 52 (ul) Pastel, ink and wash on paper 21 1/2 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.1 cm) C Estate of Dr. Robert A. Silver

      DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
    • Avel de Knight, 1921-1996, untitled
      Dec. 04, 2021

      Avel de Knight, 1921-1996, untitled

      Est: $1,500 - $2,000

      Avel de Knight 1921-1996 untitled c. 1980 watercolor on paper 11 x 14 1/2 inches signed

      Black Art Auction
    • Avel de Knight, 1921-1996, untitled, Pyramid
      Dec. 04, 2021

      Avel de Knight, 1921-1996, untitled, Pyramid

      Est: $1,500 - $2,000

      Avel de Knight 1921-1996 untitled, Pyramid c. 1980 watercolor on paper 12 x 13 inches signed

      Black Art Auction
    • AVEL DE KNIGHT (1921 - 1996) Untitled.
      Oct. 04, 2018

      AVEL DE KNIGHT (1921 - 1996) Untitled.

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      AVEL DE KNIGHT (1921 - 1996) Untitled. Casein on board, circa 1973. 191x191mm; 7 1/2x7 1/2 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. From the Mirage series. Provenance: private collection, New York. Raised in New York City by Caribbean parents, Avel de Knight studied art through his teenage years and high school. After enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II, he continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie Julian in Paris with other artists such as Herbert Gentry and Romare Bearden. Once he returned to the United States in the 1960s, he taught at the Art Students League of New York. At this time, de Knight began his Mirage series where he visually recorded his appreciation for the power and wisdom of the collective unconscious through his art. His work is found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, National Academy of Design, New York, the Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York and the Robert Hull Fleming Museum in Vermont.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • Avel De Knight (American, 1921 - 1996) Gouache on Paper
      Nov. 14, 2016

      Avel De Knight (American, 1921 - 1996) Gouache on Paper

      Est: $250 - $350

      Titled "Walls of Bhokhara", signed at the lower left (mostly matted out)

      Locati LLC
    • AVEL DE KNIGHT (1921 - 1996) The Fall.
      Apr. 07, 2016

      AVEL DE KNIGHT (1921 - 1996) The Fall.

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      AVEL DE KNIGHT (1921 - 1996) The Fall. Casein on board, 1977. 191x184 mm; 7 1/2x7 1/4 inches. Signed in casein, lower left recto. Signed, titled, and dated in ink, verso. Provenance: private collection, New Jersey. New York City native Avel De Knight began his artistic career as an art critic for the France-Amerique from 1958 to 1968 and taught at the Brooklyn Museum School of Art beginning in 1969. His art training was in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts, Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie Julian. De Knight became well known for his surreal landscapes and abstraction which gained him membership to the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society. His work is found in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Academy of Design, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, Springfield Art Museum and the Robert Hull Fleming Museum.

      Swann Auction Galleries
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