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January 28, 2013
Luscious Lucite
We have a fabulous collection of vintage Lucite handbags coming up in our February 14 Valentine SWAG Auction. Get the skinny here on the history and collectability of these perennial favorites. MOREThom Pegg presents African American Artists
April 21, 2012
Lot: 123Lot: 125 
 Embed this image:  | LOT 124Ralph Arnold, (African American; 1927 - 2006), Last Romance, Mixed media shadow box construction., 15 1/2" x 17 1/2" x 9"Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00 Realized: $1700 Ralph Arnold (African American; 1927 - 2006) Last Romance Mixed media shadow box construction. c.1976. Signed and dated LR. Teacher, painter, and muralist born in Chicago, Illinois, Ralph Arnold studied at Roosevelt University and the Chicago Art Institute. He is best known for the collages and assemblages he began making in the early 1960's. In the late 1960s, he took up teaching and from 1972 to 2000 he was an influential and admired figure at Loyola University in Chicago. Mr. Arnold exhibited at Rockford College, IL, 1965, 1968, 1970; Benjamin Galleries, 1966, 1968; Violence in American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 1969; NY State Fair, 1969, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1969; Barat College, Lake Forest, IL, 1969, 1971; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971, among others. His work can be found at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Fisk University, TN, and Rockford College, IL. 15 1/2" x 17 1/2" x 9" |
