A 1980 painting by iconic American artist Robert Colescott sold for $4.5 million at Bonhams during a postwar and contemporary art auction at its Los Angeles saleroom on February 17…
Colescott became the first Black artist to represent the U.S. during the 1997 Venice Biennale.
"It bridges popular culture and history," said the museum's director and CEO, Sandra Jackson-Dumont.
The work had been in a private Midwestern collection for more than four decades.
The gallery will host a solo show at its Los Angeles branch in March.
On the 150th birthday of Manet's two most scandalous paintings, a show and a conference track the afterlives of the nudes, the dudes, the maid, and the cat