Done
Beacon, NY, United States
Auction Details
Works of Artist and Activist Marzette Watts
Hudson Valley Auctioneers will offer 150 lots including oils, ink on paper, and watercolors by artist, activist & Jazz Musician Marzette Watts.
After the sit-in at the lunch counter at the Montgomery, Alabama courthouse in 1960, Marzette Watts and eight others were expelled from Alabama State College. Enduring intimidation from the police and the Ku Klux Klan, Marzette, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, left Alabama and enrolled at NYU in New York City. Having been an art major at ASC, he continued his studies in the department where famed Amistad muralist Hale Woodruff was teaching. He later spent a year at the Sorbonne.
Settling into 27 Cooper Square in Manhattan, Marzette became part of a vibrant community which included Le Roi Jones, Allen Ginsberg, Larry Rivers, and Free Jazz musician, Archie Schepp. The activism of the Free Jazz movement shifted Marzette?s genius from painting to music.
He became a close friend of Lawrence Weiner with whom he worked on sound tracks. Later, he formed his own recording companies and eventually, taught at Wesleyan.
*A bound color catalog featuring an in depth biography of Marzette Watts and images of all 150 lots, is now available. Please forward a check in the amount of $40.00 ($35.00 + 5.00 shipping) to the order of Hudson Valley Auctioneers at the address shown below. To pay with a credit card, please call Neil Vaughn at 914-489-2399 or email: 432mainstreet@gmail.com.
Lot Number: Lowest
24
Sold
0001: 2 ink & watercolor drawings, two nude women, both are signed & dated, 19.5" by 15.5" (sight) bothEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0002: Set 4 nude studies, watercolor & ink on brown paper, in one frame, each scene is 9.5" tall, widthEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0003: Two ink on brown paper studies of nude women, both unsigned, 9.75" by 5.25" & 10.75" by 6"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0004: Ink & watercolor on brown paper, study of a seated figure, unsigned, 10.5" by 8" (sight), framed.Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0005: Ink & watercolor on paper drawing, study of a nude figure, unsigned, 9.5" by 8" (signed) framed.Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0006: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of a nude female figure, unsigned, 8.5" by 4" (sight) framedEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0007: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of nude women laying down, signed, 21.5" by 17.5" (sight) framedEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0008: Watercolor & chalk (?) on paper, various paintings, window, unsigned, 18.5" by 16.75"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0009: Oil on canvas, nude, abstract scene, unsigned, has tear in center, on stretcher, 26" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0010: Oil on canvas, figure in room, unsigned, vibrant colors, 18" by 14.75"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0011: Ink drawing on paper, woman standing in room, dated 1961, several brown stains, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0012: Watercolor on paper, study of a nude woman, signed & dated, 1961, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0013: Watercolor & ink on paper, nude, abstract, signed & dated, 24" by 18.5"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0014: Ink on paper, study of two nude female figures, signed & dated, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0015: Ink on paper, study of a nude reading a book, signed & dated, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0016: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of a nude women, signed & dated, 1961, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0017: Watercolor & ink on paper, nude woman reading a book, signed & dated, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0018: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of a nude women, signed & dated, 1961, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0019: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of nude woman, signed & dated, 1961, several small tears, 24" byEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0020: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of a nude, standing, seen from behind, signed, dated, top rightEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0021: Watercolor & ink on paper, nude woman reading a book, signed & dated, 24" by 18", lower left cornerEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0022: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of a nude women, signed & dated, 1961, 24" by 18"Est. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0023: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of two nude women, signed & dated, lower left, right cornersEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
Sold
0024: Ink & watercolor on paper, study of nude woman, signed & dated, 1961, several small tears, 24" byEst. $100-$1,000
See Sold Price
View:
24
TOP