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Colorful scribbles and brushstrokes and splatters of black paint, on white surface of found board
Abstract
Purvis Young
ca. 1985
Diptych of a cherubic face above and a group of dark horses below, rendered with loose brushstrokes
Angel
Purvis Young
ca. 1988
Many red and brown-toned abstract figures with hands and arms touching, as if dancing
Figures Dancing with Trumpeter on the Beach (after Matisse's "Bathers")
Purvis Young
1991
A loose, schematic painting of a face in red and brown with a border of abstract human figures
Figure Study with Dancers
Purvis Young
ca. 1990
Abstract figures in black and blue tones and car in procession with red-orange sky in background
Funeral Procession with Hearse at Sunset
Purvis Young
ca. 1990
Face with open mouth and dark skin tone with grid in background, framed by found wood
Jail
Purvis Young
ca. 1989
26 abstracted figures grouped in five registers up a loosely painted suggestion of ground and sky
Jugglers and Acrobats, Street Festival
Purvis Young
ca. 1990
Three separate paintings - one of red sun, two of people in boats - framed with wood shims
Landscape with Figures
Purvis Young
ca. 1990
Horizontal procession of people and three war tanks rendered with loose brushstrokes on thin board
Large strip tanks
Purvis Young
ca. 1987
Painting on assembled wood board of person on horse with red, pink, orange, green, and blue tones
Mounted Equestrian in Cloak (Ode to Marini)
Purvis Young
ca. 1990
Tall abstract figure with muddled colorful background of yellow, orange, white and pink brushstrokes
Overtown Street Scene
Purvis Young
1991
Abstract painting of human figures in yellow, green, and black on dot matrix printer paper
Untitled
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Abstract figures painted with light and dark green squiggly brushstrokes on a light background
Untitled
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Loose green brushwork abstractly delineating seven figures walking towards the right in a landscape
Untitled
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Sketchy figures of a horse and rider appear in thick black brushstrokes against a white background
Untitled
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Green and yellow squiggly lines that appear to form human figures on found paper
Untitled
Purvis Young
ca. 1970s
Abstract pen drawing on manila-colored paper with holes burnt into the left side
Untitled
Purvis Young
ca. 1970s
Worn hole-punched yellow tab divider with pen scribbles resembling three people in a car
Untitled
Purvis Young
ca. 1970s
Loose black brushstrokes delineating a landscape with three very abstracted humans carrying objects
Untitled [cemetery]
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Drawing of seven figures with black hair with written text that reads “Young” on found paper
Untitled [crowd]
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Amorphous, pink and yellow figures with black outlines drawn on found paper with text
Untitled [crowd]
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Amorphous, pink and yellow figures appear in the center of a used calendar page with handwriting
Untitled [crowd]
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Painting of abstract people and horses in black and yellow on found paper with text
Untitled [horses]
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Loose black and gray brushstrokes delineating three abstract horse figures on piece of torn paper
Untitled [horses]
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Loose black brushstrokes delineating an abstract human figure on plain dot matrix printer paper
Untitled [pregnant woman]
Purvis Young
1980/2000
Painting of four large green eyes, two of them stacked, with small abstract figures above them
Untitled (The System/Eyes of Authority)
Purvis Young
ca. 1980s
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