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SEDRICK HUCKABY III (1975 - ) Big Mama's Space. Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel, in an artist-built wood frame, 2007. 238x610 mm; 9 3/8x24 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right verso, and signed and inscribed "framed by" in ink, upper right verso on the frame. Provenance; the artist, Fort Worth, TX; ; private collection. Exhibited: Sedrick Huckaby, Big Momma's House, Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden., Dallas, TX, 2008, with the gallery label on the frame back. This major exhibiton in Dallas's oldest art gallery including 34 paintings, 17 oil pastels and 24 other works on paper. Illustrated: Sedrick Huckaby, Big Momma's House, Valley House Gallery, p. 20. Big Mama's Space is an excellent example of the work of Sedrick Huckaby, an important contemporary portrait artist. This painting of the late Hallie Beartrice Carpenter is part of a 2008 series depicting Huckaby's grandmother in the interior of her home and with other friends and family. Huckaby's portrait oeuvre is full of many such richly painted oil portraits of himself and his entire family - including his parents, wife, son, siblings, cousins, nephews, aunts, and uncles. Huckaby has sought to not only canonize the ordinary but important people in his life but also to elevate the African-American figure in the canon of art. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including a Guggenheim fellowship, Joan Mitchell Foundation grant and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant. His works are in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, African American Museum of Dallas, Texas, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Swann Auction GalleriesSEDRICK HUCKABY III (1975 - ) Seven Figures. Triptych of oil on cotton canvas, 1998. 914x4267 mm; 36x168 inches assembled; 36x48 inches, 914x1219 mm, each left and right canvas; 914x1829 mm; 36x72 inches, center canvas. Each signed in red ink, verso. Provenance; acquired directly from the artist, Fort Worth, TX; private collection, London. This significant and monumental painting is a series of seven self-portraits by Sedrick Huckaby III. Each is taken from the same perspective of looking down into a mirror with various objects in his studio. Together the triyptch is a powerful statement and reflection on the artful balance between portrayal and painterly expression in Huckaby's work. While painting the same pose in the same manner, the differences of each self-portrait reflects his conceptual approach to portraiture. Huckaby is an important contemporary portrait artist whose oeuvre includes many such richly painted and oversized oil portraits of himself and his family - including his grandmother, parents, wife and son, siblings, cousins, nephews, aunts, and uncles. Huckaby has sought to not only canonize the ordinary but important people in his life but also to elevate the African-American figure in the canon of art.
Swann Auction GalleriesSEDRICK HUCKABY III (1975 - ) Quilts. Oil on cotton canvas, 1998. 304x229 mm; 12x9 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, verso. Provenance: Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA; private collection, London. In Quilts, Huckaby applies a lovingly built-up impasto that uniquely describes each patch of the quilt. In an interview with Creative Loafing, he describes his quilts as "The idea is starting at a basic kind of love, like that of a mother for children or a grandmother for her children, with the quilts." He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including a Guggenheim fellowship, Joan Mitchell Foundation grant and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant. His works are in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, African American Museum of Dallas, Texas, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Swann Auction GalleriesSedrick Huckaby (American, b. 1975) Funeral Procession #1 Signed, dated, and titled "Sedrick/Huckaby/1999/..." on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 48 x 67 in. (121.9 x 170.1 cm), framed. Condition: Minor surface grime.
SkinnerSEDRICK HUCKABY (1975 - ) Self-Portrait. Oil on plywood board, circa 1997-99. 248x114 mm; 9 7/8x4 1/2 inches. Provenance: Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA; private collection. This self-portrait is by Texan artist Sedrick Huckaby, who received his B.F.A. from Boston University in 1997, and an M.F.A. from Yale University in 1999. Huckaby's recent work includes painterly portraits inspired by jazz music and quilts that have been in his family. He has been honored with several awards, such as the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, the Anne Giles Kimbrough Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art, and in 2008, the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. His work is found in many museum collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Swann Auction GalleriesSEDRICK HUCKABY (1975 - ) Standing There. Oil on board, 1997. 457x381 mm; 18x15 inches. Signed and dated in ink, verso. Provenance: Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, with the label on the verso; private collection. This is an early portrait by Texan artist Sedrick Huckaby--after his B.F.A. from Boston University in 1997, Huckaby received an M.F.A. from Yale University in 1999. Huckaby's recent work includes painterly portraits inspired by jazz music and quilts that have been in his family. He has been honored with several awards, such as the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, the Anne Giles Kimbrough Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art, and in 2008, the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. His work is found in many museum collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Swann Auction GalleriesSedrick Huckaby (American/Texas, b. 1975), "Self-Portrait", 2010, oil on wood panel, signed and dated en verso, 9 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in., in a hand-crafted artist's frame.
Neal Auction CompanySedrick Huckaby (American/Texas, b. 1975), "Self-Portrait", oil on wood panel, unsigned and dated "2010" en verso, 10 in. x 7 7/8 in., in a hand-crafted artist's frame. Note: Huckaby attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and received MFA's from both Boston University and Yale University. He is the recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award. His distinctive style of thick impasto and heavy brushwork, combined with his use of a deep rich palette, create enigmatic works charged with a sense of energy and vitality. Huckaby features his family and frequently references his heritage in his artworks. His works are included in the collections of the Whitney Museum and the African American Museum in Dallas.
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