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b. 1924 - d. 1966

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    • Larry Potter (1924-1966), Two Figures
      Apr. 23, 2023

      Larry Potter (1924-1966), Two Figures

      Est: $250 - $350

      Larry Potter (1924-1966) Two Figures, c. 1960 gouache on paper signed 11-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches framed

      Treadway Gallery
    • Larry Potter (1924-1966), Two Figures
      Apr. 23, 2023

      Larry Potter (1924-1966), Two Figures

      Est: $250 - $350

      Larry Potter (1924-1966) Two Figures, c. 1960 gouache on paper signed 11-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches framed

      Treadway Gallery
    • Larry Potter (American, 1924-1966) Nude Figure Study (double-sided), circa 1950
      May. 12, 2022

      Larry Potter (American, 1924-1966) Nude Figure Study (double-sided), circa 1950

      Est: $400 - $600

      Larry Potter (American, 1924-1966) Nude Figure Study (double-sided), circa 1950 Watercolor and charcoal on paper 11 x 7-3/4 inches (27.9 x 19.7 cm) (sight) Signed lower left: Potter Black Art from a Distinguished Collector PROVENANCE: Obro Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. HID01801242017

      Heritage Auctions
    • Larry Potter, 1924-1966, Sketch of a Studio, gouache on paper, 11.5 x 8.25 inches
      Jul. 11, 2020

      Larry Potter, 1924-1966, Sketch of a Studio, gouache on paper, 11.5 x 8.25 inches

      Est: $400 - $600

      Larry Potter 1924-1966 Sketch of a Studio gouache on paper c. 1960 Signed Provenance: Doug Crutchfield (1938-1989), African American ballet dancer who resided in Denmark in the early 1960's, opening his own studio at Vimmelskaftet in Copenhagen. He also taught in Sweden. He was a collector of African American art and friends with fellow African-American expatriates in Scandinavia. Potter studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Cooper Union (1945-50). He exhibited at the Carnegie Institute of Art (1943), 10 American Negro Artists Living and Working in Europe at Den Frie Udstilling in Copenhagen (1964), American Art Gallery, Paris (1965). He was featured in an exhibition in 1991 at the June Kelly Gallery: Paris 1961-1966, and also in Explorations in the City of Light: African American Artists in Paris, 1945-1965, organized by the Studio Museum in Harlem (1996). 11.5 x 8.25 inches

      Black Art Auction
    • LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) The Edge.
      Oct. 05, 2017

      LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) The Edge.

      Est: $8,000 - $12,000

      LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) The Edge. Oil on linen canvas, circa 1962. 813x991 mm; 32x39 inches. Titled and dated in oil, upper right verso. Provenance: the artist, Paris; Nicole Toutain, Paris; June Kelly Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; private collection, Connecticut (1995). Nicole Toutain was the artist's partner in Paris - her ink signature and authentication ink stamp are on the frame back Exhibited: Explorations in the City of Life: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-65, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, with the label on the frame back, January 18 - June 2, 1996 (the exhibition traveled to the Chicago Cultural Art Center, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Modern Art Musuem of Fort Worth, and the Milwaukee Art Museum). Illustrated: Valerie Mercer, Explorations in the City of Life: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-65, pl. 52, p. 86. Eight of his canvases are illustrated in the color catalogue This striking modernist abstraction is a very scarce example of an oil painting by this intriguing expatriate artist and the first to come to auction. Larry Potter was among the second wave of young black artists to move to Paris after World War II, joining Ed Clark, Beauford Delaney, Herbert Gentry, Barbara Chase-Riboud, and others. Potter was born in New York and grew up in Harlem. Potter may have been inspired to travel to Paris by his good friend Bob Blackburn for whom he managed the Printmaking Workshop while Blackburn was in Paris in 1953. Potter lived there continuously after 1958. He showed his abstract paintings in Paris in 1964, and with other African-American artists in Copenhagen in 1964. He died suddenly of an asthma attack at the age of 40 in 1966. Mercer p. 84.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) Untitled (Abstract Composition).
      Oct. 03, 2013

      LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) Untitled (Abstract Composition).

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) Untitled (Abstract Composition). Gouache on tan wove paper, circa 1958. 305x230 mm; 12x9 inches. Provenance: the estate of the artist; Herbert Gentry; gift to a private collection, New York. Larry Potter was among the second wave of young African-American artists to move to Paris after World War II, joining Ed Clark, Beauford Delaney, Herbert Gentry and Barbara Chase-Riboud, among others. Potter was born in New York and grew up in Harlem. Potter may have been inspired to travel to Paris by his good friend Bob Blackburn for whom he managed the Printmaking Workshop while Blackburn was in Paris in 1953. Potter lived there continuously after 1958. He showed his abstract paintings in Paris in 1964, and with other African-American artists in Copenhagen in 1964. He died suddenly of an asthma attack at the age of only 40. Mercer p. 84.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • LARRY POTTER Untitled (Abstract Composition).
      Jun. 07, 2007

      LARRY POTTER Untitled (Abstract Composition).

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      LARRY POTTER Untitled (Abstract Composition). Color crayons on wove paper, 1963. 190x240 mm; 7 3/8x9 3/8 inches. Signed, inscribed "Paris" and dated in pencil, upper left recto. Ex-collection the artist; private collection, New York. Inscribed in pencil verso by the owner, with the dedication, "in memory of years together at the Blackburn workshop at 17th Street, NYC". Larry Potter was among the second wave of young black artists to move to Paris after World War II, joining Ed Clark, Beauford Delaney, Herbert Gentry, Barbara Chase-Riboud, and others. Potter was born in New York and grew up in Harlem. He may have been inspired to travel to Paris by his friend Robert Blackburn for whom he managed the Printmaking Workshop while Blackburn was in Paris in 1953. Potter lived there continuously after 1958. He showed his abstract paintings in Paris in 1964, and with other African American artists in Copenhagen in 1964.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) Untitled (Abstract Composition).
      Feb. 06, 2007

      LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) Untitled (Abstract Composition).

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      LARRY POTTER (1925 - 1966) Untitled (Abstract Composition). Color crayons on wove paper, 1963. 190x240 mm; 7 3/8x9 3/8 inches. Signed, inscribed "Paris" and dated in pencil, upper left recto. Provenance: Gift from the artist; private collection, New York. Inscribed in pencil verso by the owner, with the dedication, "in memory of years together at the Blackburn workshop at 17th Street, NYC". Larry Potter was among the second wave of young black artists to move to Paris after World War II, joining Ed Clark, Beauford Delaney, Herbert Gentry, Barbara Chase-Riboud, and others. Potter was born in New York and grew up in Harlem. Potter may have been inspired to travel to Paris by his good friend Bob Blackburn for whom he managed the Printmaking Workshop while Blackburn was in Paris in 1953. Potter lived there continuously after 1958. He showed his abstract paintings in Paris in 1964, and with other African American artists in Copenhagen in 1964. He died of an asthma attack at the age of 40. Valerie Mercer, Explorations in the City of Light: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-1965, p. 84.

      Swann Auction Galleries
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