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Lot 69

LEROY ALLEN "Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home" (1995 Oil)

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Leroy Allen
(Kansas/ Missouri, 1958-2007)
Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home, 1995
Oil on artists board
5" x 7"

A delicate miniature of a live band performing the titular Chicago jam, signed and dated to the bottom right corner. Presented in a frame that measures 9 3/4" x 11 3/4".

Leroy Allen was an award-winning realist painter whose work depicted African American life and culture. He exhibited alongside such contemporaries as Dean Mitchell, Lonnie Powell, and Thomas Blackshear. His work is held in collections including the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art.

Condition

Very good condition.