Charles Henry Alston Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Charles Henry Alston Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 28, 2026
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (NY/NC, 1907-1977)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (NY/NC, 1907-1977) Elevated Rail and Tenement in Winter, oil on canvas, signed upper right, circa 1950. In black and gold painted molded cover frame. Cleaned and relined, rippled.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 07, 2026
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Musician (Saxophone Player)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Musician (Saxophone Player) bronze with dark brown patina inscribed with initials CA and numbered 8/9 (base of proper right foot) height (with base): 23 in.
Freeman’s
Jun. 07, 2026
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Untitled (Portrait of a Boy), c. 1940-50
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Untitled (Portrait of a Boy), c. 1940-50 oil on canvas signed with estate stamp (lower left) 20 x 16 in.
Freeman’s
Jun. 07, 2026
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Musician (Clarinet Player)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Musician (Clarinet Player) bronze with dark brown patina inscribed with initials CA and numbered 8/9 (base of proper right foot) height (with base): 25 in.
Freeman’s
May. 16, 2026
Charles Alston, 1907-1977, Landscape
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Charles Alston 1907-1977 Landscape c. 1935 watercolor on paper 19 x 24 inches signed in pencil
Black Art Auction
May. 16, 2026
Charles Alston, 1907-1977, Barn in a Landscape
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Charles Alston 1907-1977 Barn in a Landscape 1937-38 watercolor on paper 16 x 20 inches signed with estate stamp (lower right), labels verso from G.R. N'Namdi Gallery Chicago and Detroit verso Provenance: private collection, Detroit, MI.
Black Art Auction
May. 14, 2026
Charles Alston, Demolition (Tenements), Oil on canvas, c. 1958.
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Charles Alston (1907-1977) Demolition (Tenements). Oil on canvas, c. 1958. Signed at lower left. Signed in pencil on stretcher. Inscribed, "End of a Landmark," in ink on overlap. Inscribed, "City #2 Demolition," in ink on stretcher. Inscribed, "Wreckage," in pencil on stretcher.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 23, 2026
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907-1977) A Place in the Sun 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm.) (Painted circa 1953.)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907-1977) A Place in the Sun signed 'Alston' (lower right) oil on canvas 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm.) Painted circa 1953.
Bonhams
Feb. 22, 2026
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (NY/NC, 1907-1977)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (NY/NC, 1907-1977) Elevated Rail and Tenement in Winter, oil on canvas, signed upper right, circa 1950, in black and gold painted molded cover frame.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Dec. 03, 2025
[IN THE STYLE OF] ALSTON, Charles (American, 1907 – 1977). Untitled. Signed. ...
Est: $400 - $600
[IN THE STYLE OF] ALSTON, Charles (American, 1907 – 1977). Untitled. Signed. Oil on canvas. Minor surface dirt and cracking at top right corner. Canvas is loose with resultant rippling throughout. A similar example, Cry Beloved Country, is in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art. 19 ½ x 15 ½” excluding frame. 24 ¾ x 20 ¾ x 2 ½” including frame.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Nov. 02, 2025
Charles Alston (1907-1977) Lot of 2 Gouaches, Dancers and Pool Players
Est: $600 - $800
Two Illustrations: Pool Players and Dancers. Both signed lower right. Gouache or tempera on paper. Each approximately 12.5 in H x 8.75 in W. Weighs approximately 1 lbs 1 oz.
Hughes Auctions
Oct. 07, 2025
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977), Untitled (Landscape with Hills), circa 1935-40.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977) Untitled (Landscape with Hills). Watercolor on cream wove paper, circa 1935-40. Signed in pencil, lower right.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 07, 2025
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977), Blue Haze, 1958.
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977) Blue Haze. Oil on linen canvas, 1959. Signed and dated in oil, lower left.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2025
Charles Alston, Family #6
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Charles Alston Family #6 oil on canvas 40 h x 30 w in (102 x 76 cm) Signed to upper left 'Alston'. Signed and titled to verso 'Family #6 Charles Alston'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist c. 1970 by the original owner | Thence by descent This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 16, 2025
Charles Alston, 1907-1977 (Africa/USA)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977) Family, 1953 Oil on canvas, size 91 x 61 cm (36 x 24 inches) Signed and dated lower right Charles Alston (1907-1977) was a prominent African-American artist. Charles Alston earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia, University, and in 1930, received the Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship. From 1950, he began several decades of teaching at the Art Students League and was also a member of the National Society of Mural Painters. In 1958, he was a U.S. representative to the Brussels Worlds Fair and in 1967 was appointed to the Advisory Board of the National Council of the Arts. He exhibited at the John Heller Gallery in New York and in 1969 had a large retrospective exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York. However, he declined an invitation to participate in a 1971 exhibition of Black Artists at the Whitney Museum of Art writing to the Curator: "The idea of separating artists on the basis of color is a repulsive affirmation of the racism and bigotry which permeate American society . . . I would hate to think that I was in an exhibition because I's Black, rather than because I am a good painter." (Herskovic 26). Sources: American Art Review, ARTnews, Marika Herskovic, Editor, American Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s, An Illustrated Survey).
Cultural Tradition
Aug. 22, 2025
Charles Henry ALSTON (1907-1977) African - American
Est: €12,000 - €18,000
Charles ALSTON (1907-1977) ; Untitled abstract ; mid 20th century ; oil on canvas ; dimensions 76 x 64 cm (30 x 24 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $320 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $390 , National post with tracking service $230
Art-Torg
Jun. 17, 2025
Charles Alston, 1907-1977 (Africa/USA)
Est: £8,000 - £16,000
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977). 1951. Oil on canvas, size 78,7 x 61 cm (31 x 24 inches). Frame dimensions 80 x 64 cm (31 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches). Signed and dated upper right.
Cultural Traditions
Jun. 14, 2025
Charles Alston, 1907-1977, Untitled
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Charles Alston 1907-1977 Untitled c.1960 oil and mixed media (including three dimensional elements) on board 18 x 23-3/4 inches signed Painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist, and educator . After his fatherâs death, his mother remarried Henry Pierce Bearden (Romare Beardenâs uncle) and the family moved from North Carolina to Harlem. Alston painted and sculpted at an early age and received formal instruction at Columbia University. While attending college, he taught art at the Utopia House and served as a mentor to a young Jacob Lawrence. In 1934, he co-founded the Harlem Arts Workshop, which eventually came to be known as â306.â Alstonâs style grew more abstract by the 1950âs, but he never completely abandoned figurative studies. His figures characteristically maintain a sculpture like quality influenced by African sculpture. His subjects were derived mainly from the experiences of his life and time. Alston states, âAs an artist . . . I am intensely interested in probing, exploring the problems of color, space and form, which challenge all contemporary painters. However, as a black American . . . I cannot but be sensitive and responsive in my painting to the injustice, the indignity, and the hypocrisy suffered by black citizens.â In 1956, Alston became the first African American instructor at the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1963, he co-founded (with Romare Bearden) the group Spiral. In 1973, he was made full professor at the City College of New York.
Black Art Auction
Jun. 14, 2025
Charles Alston, 1907-1977, untitled, Upstate New York
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Charles Alston 1907-1977 untitled, Upstate New York 1963 watercolor on paper 14-1/2 x 19-3/4 inches signed Provenance: private collection, New Jersey
Black Art Auction
Mar. 15, 2025
Charles Alston, 1907-1977, untitled, Upstate New York
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Charles Alston 1907-1977 untitled, Upstate New York 1963 watercolor on paper 14-1/2 x 19-3/4 inches signed Provenance: private collection, New Jersey
Black Art Auction
Feb. 06, 2025
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Untitled (Abstraction).
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Untitled (Abstraction). Oil on thick cream wove paper, 1972. 571x787 mm; 22½x31 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right. Provenance Estate of Patricia Scipio-Brim, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 06, 2025
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Untitled (Still Life).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Untitled (Still Life). Watercolor, graphite and pastel on wove paper, circa 1970. 508x628 mm; 20x24¾ inches. Signed in pencil, lower right. Provenance Bill Hodges Gallery, New York. Estate of Patricia Scipio-Brim, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 01, 2025
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
Est: $600 - $800
Attributed to Charles Henry Alston watercolor and graphite on paper depicting a street scene with figures and dog. Signed in pencil lower right. Viewable measures 14 3/4" x 10 3/4". Frame measures 23 3/4" x 19".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Jan. 04, 2025
Charles Henry Alson, "Putting in the Boats"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977), "Putting in the Boats", watercolor, signed L/R, 8 1/2" x 12" (view), framed 12" x 19". Provenance: South Hamilton, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Dec. 19, 2024
Charles Henry Alston, American/New York 1907-1977, "Pool Player", watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper, 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (24.4 x 21 cm.), Frame: 14 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (35.9 x 31.1 x 4.4 cm.)
Est: $700 - $900
Charles Henry Alston American/New York, 1907-1977 "Pool Player" watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper signed lower right, framed.
Neal Auction Company
Dec. 15, 2024
Charles Henry ALSTON (1907-1977) African - American
Est: €12,000 - €18,000
Charles ALSTON (1907-1977) ; Untitled abstract ; mid 20th century ; oil on canvas ; dimensions 76 x 64 cm (30 x 24 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $320 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $390 , National post with tracking service $230
Art-Torg
Oct. 22, 2024
Charles Alston, Cover Illustration for The New Yorker
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Charles Alston Cover Illustration for The New Yorker 1934 pastel on illustration board 17 h x 12.75 w in (43 x 32 cm) Signed to lower right 'Alston'. Sold with a printed draft of the cover of The New Yorker from 6 October 1934. Provenance: Collection of Alfred and Martha Montgomery Newman | Thence by descent Literature: The New Yorker, 6 October 1934, cover page This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 03, 2024
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Head.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Head. Charcoal and conte crayon on thin cream wove paper, circa 1950s. 279x216 mm; 11x8½ inches (image). 432x381 mm; 17x15 inches (sheet). Signed in pencil, lower right. Provenance: A. F. T. U. Gallery, New York, NY, with the label on the frame back; private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 03, 2024
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Earth Mother (Woman and Two Sons)..
Est: $120,000 - $180,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Earth Mother (Woman and Two Sons).. Oil on linen canvas, 1967. 1270x1016 mm; 50x40 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower left. Provenance: the estate of the artist; Randall Galleries, New York; G. R. N'Namdi Gallery, New York; private collection, Illinois (1995). Exhibited: Professionals Who Teach, The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, lent by the Artists Students League, New York; Randall Gallery, New York, with the labels of the frame back; Charles Alston, Artist and Teacher, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY, May 13 - July 1, 1990. Illustrated: Corrine Jennings, Gylbert Garvin Coker, Harry Henderson. Charles Alston: Artist and Teacher, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, pl. 21, p. 53. Earth Mother (Woman and Two Sons) is a striking, modernist depiction of a Black family and part of an important series of Charles Alston's painting. Alston creates an abstracted family group centered around a central maternal figure - she is a symbol of strength and protection. Artist, art historian and curator Gylbert Coker described Alston's series as "paintings are at once formal studies and portraits: they have a particular sensitivity to fluctuating planes and to the treatment of textures". This painting reflects Alston's almost sculptural approach to form: "In Earth Mother, 1967, the actual sense of carving out and modeling can be experienced in the central figures." In addition to his formal concerns, Alston's portraiture here is reduced as a modern description of the "human condition" and the African American experience. Coker writes that Alston's faceless figures are also his reflection on how Blacks were largely perceived in society, reduced and objectified by a white gaze. The subject of Earth Mother is an important and recurring theme in Charles Alston's late 1960s work and places it within his significant body of Family paintings. In 1955 Alston began the series with his modern portrait Family (Family #1), in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. He continued the series through 1968 - eight numbered Family paintings were included in his 1968-69 retrospective exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art at Columbus Circle in New York. Jennings/Coker/Henderson pp. 14-15.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 01, 2024
Charles Alston, 1907-1977 (Africa/USA)
Est: £8,000 - £16,000
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977). 1951. Oil on canvas, size 78,7 x 61 cm (31 x 24 inches). Frame dimensions 80 x 64 cm (31 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches). Signed and dated upper right.
Cultural Traditions
Aug. 18, 2024
Harlem Renaissance, Charles Henry Alston, Abstract
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Harlem Renaissance painter Charles Henry Alston, oil on paper abstract of a woman, signed bottom right "Alston", 22" x 17", framed 31" x 25". Provenance: Estate of Anthony Cromwell Hill, of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Kaminski Auctions
Aug. 11, 2024
Abstract Mixed Media, with a Signature Charles Henry Alston
Est: $500 - $2,000
Medium: Mixed Media Painting Size: 11 x 15.75 inches Frame Size: 18.25 x 24.25 inches Condition: This artwork is in good overall condition for its age. With a signature Charles Henry Alston(1907 - 1977).
Topwells
Jun. 28, 2024
Charles Henry Alston (American/New York)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Charles Henry Alston (American/New York, 1907-1977), "Pool Player", watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper, signed lower right, 9 5/8 in. x 8 1/4 in., framed, overall 14 1/8 in. x 12 1/4 in. x 1 3/4 in.
Neal Auction Company
Apr. 27, 2024
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON AMERICAN 1907-1977
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Untitled, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in (61 x 76.2 cm), framed 28 x 34 in (71.1 x 86.4 cm), signed lower left, PROVENANCE: Private collector Englewood, NJ to current owner
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Apr. 19, 2024
Charles Henry ALSTON (1907-1977) African - American
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Charles ALSTON (1907-1977) ; Untitled abstract ; mid 20th century ; oil on canvas ; dimensions 76 x 64 cm (30 x 24 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $320 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $390 , National post with tracking service $230
Art-Torg
Feb. 27, 2024
Charles Alston, 1907-1977 (Africa/USA)
Est: £7,400 - £14,800
Charles Henry Alston (1907-1977). 1951. Oil on canvas, size 51 x 76 cm (20 x 30 inches), frame dimensions 56 x 81 cm (22 x 32 inches). Signed and dated lower right. (Charles Alston (1907-1977) was a prominent African-American artist. Charles Alston earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia, University, and in 1930, received the Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship. From 1950, he began several decades of teaching at the Art Students League and was also a member of the National Society of Mural Painters. In 1958, he was a U.S. representative to the Brussels Worlds Fair and in 1967 was appointed to the Advisory Board of the National Council of the Arts. He exhibited at the John Heller Gallery in New York and in 1969 had a large retrospective exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York. However, he declined an invitation to participate in a 1971 exhibition of Black Artists at the Whitney Museum of Art writing to the Curator: "The idea of separating artists on the basis of color is a repulsive affirmation of the racism and bigotry which permeate American society . . . I would hate to think that I was in an exhibition because I's Black, rather than because I am a good painter." (Herskovic 26). Sources: American Art Review, ARTnews, Marika Herskovic, Editor, American Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s, An Illustrated Survey).
Cultural Traditions
Jan. 25, 2024
CHARLES ALSTON (1907-1977) Untitled.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
CHARLES ALSTON (1907-1977) Untitled. Charcoal on thin paper. 330x274 mm; 13x10 7/8 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right. Circa late 1930s. Provenance: the estate of Ray Blanco; private collection, New Jersey. This modern sketch by Charles Alston is potentially a study for Magic in Medicine: Study for the Harlem Hospital Mural, New York City, 1936, or one of the other murals he executed in the late 1930s. The woman depicted is structured after the African objets d'art Alston had studied - a wellspring of inspiration that pushed his practice forward. Alston was a proclaimed disciple of Alain Locke, the acknowledged "Dean" of the Harlem Renaissance. The aesthetic choices are reminiscent of Alston's Girl in a Red Dress, 1934, and Tobacco Farmer, 1940.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 11, 2024
Charles Henry Alston (1907 - 1977) American
Est: $800 - $1,500
Charles Henry Alston (1907 - 1977) watercolor on paper signed lower right. Piece measures (10.5 x 7) and (15 x 12) inches w /frame. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting, sculpture, and murals, and his mural titled Man on the Threshold of Space, is at the Harriet Tubman School and another, Emerging Man, is at the Harlem Hospital, both in New York.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Dec. 14, 2023
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Gnarled Tree, c. 1930's
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907-1977) Gnarled Tree, c. 1930's charcoal on paper signed Alston (lower right) 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Provenance: The Philip and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930 - 1970, Highland Park, Illinois
Hindman
Dec. 14, 2023
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL.
Est: €300 - €400
Watercolour and pencil, 24,0 x 18,0 cm, hardboard, signed and dated "Alston / 58". - A young child holding a stuffed animal in her hand. Alston (1907-1977) was an American painter, sculptor and illustrator who lived and worked in New York City and was active in the Harlem Renaissance. In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House and Alston was named one of President Barack Obama's favourite artists. Alston travelled to Belgium in 1958 on behalf of MoMA and the State Department where he coordinated the children's community centre at Expo 58. This is the context in which the present watercolour drawing was created. He was particularly known for such portrayals of children and families in colour schemes inspired by Cezanne's palette and geometrical shapes. His works are now in the collections of the major museums of modern art.
Arenberg Auctions
Dec. 02, 2023
Charles Henry Alston, 1907-1977, Nude
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Charles Henry Alston 1907-1977 Nude 1945 mixed media on paper 15-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches signed and dated in pencil Provenance: private collection, Detroit, MI.
Black Art Auction
Dec. 02, 2023
Charles Henry Alston, 1907-1977, Profile
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Charles Henry Alston 1907-1977 Profile 1940-1950 mixed media on paper 23 x 18 inches signed with estate stamp Provenance: private collection, Detroit, MI.
Black Art Auction
Dec. 02, 2023
Charles Henry Alston, 1907-1977, Landscape with Barn
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Charles Henry Alston 1907-1977 Landscape with Barn 1937-38 watercolor on paper 16 x 20 inches signed with estate stamp (lower right), labels verso from G.R. N'Namdi Gallery Chicago and Detroit verso Provenance: private collection, Detroit, MI.
Black Art Auction
Oct. 19, 2023
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Collage #3.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (1907 - 1977) Collage #3. Mixed media and collage on thin wove paper, 1959. 241x330 mm; 9 1/2x13 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: private collection, New York. Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, New York, April, 1960, with the gallery label on the back board. In 1960, Charles Alston received the Emily Lowe Memorial award and had a solo exhibition at Feingarten Galleries, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Aug. 04, 2023
Charles Henry ALSTON (1907-1977) African - American
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Charles ALSTON (1907-1977) ; Untitled abstract ; mid 20th century ; oil on canvas ; dimensions 76 x 64 cm (30 x 24 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $320 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $390 , National post with tracking service $230
Art-Torg
Jun. 15, 2023
Charles Henry Alston (American/New York)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Charles Henry Alston (American/New York, 1907-1977), "Grim Reaper", pencil and crayon on vellum laid on board, pencil-signed lower center, 17 in. x 13 3/4 in., framed, overall 25 1/4 in. x 21 7/8 in. x 1 3/4 in.
Neal Auction Company
May. 06, 2023
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (American, 1907-1977), Untitled, Signed Alston lower right, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 24", Wood Frame. Note: Alston was a prominent African-American artist and educator at the Arts Student League of Ne...
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
CHARLES HENRY ALSTON (American, 1907-1977), Untitled, Signed Alston lower right, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 24", Wood Frame. Note: Alston was a prominent African-American artist and educator at the Arts Student League of New York. He considered himself an artist without racial boundaries. In 1969 he had a retrospective at the Gallery of Modern Art and in 1971, he declined to participate in an exhibition of Black Artists, stating that he would prefer to being referred to as an artist, not a black artist. His contribution to conceptual and abstract painting was created during a time when social and racial forces where shaping America.
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches
Feb. 03, 2023
Charles Henry Alston (American/New York)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Charles Henry Alston (American/New York, 1907-1977), "Grim Reaper", pencil and crayon on vellum laid on board, pencil-signed lower center, 17 in. x 13 3/4 in., framed, overall 25 1/4 in. x 21 7/8 in. x 1 3/4 in.
Neal Auction Company