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Lot 6278
James Denmark (American, b. 1936), Seated Girl
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Acrylic and collage on board, 2005, signed at lower left, matted and framed under Plexiglass.

Board 22 1/2 x 30 in.; Frame dimensions 38 x 31 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

James Denmark was born and raised in Winter Haven, Florida. Many members of his family were artists working in various media and encouraged the young boy to pursue his talents. He received his BFA at the Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University. Next, Denmark moved to New York City and received his MFA from the Pratt Institute of Fine Art. At Pratt, he studied under Jacob Lawrence, who introduced him to Romare Bearden, both of whom profoundly influenced his work.

James Denmark's work is found in many prominent public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, The Brooklyn Museum, the High Museum in Atlanta, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Good estate condition; not examined out of the frame.