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Lot Description

Don McIlvane

(American, 1930-2015)

The Staples Singers, c. 1973

oil on board

signed McIlvane (lower right)

28 x 36 inches.

Property from the Collection of Mavis Staples, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance:
Gifted by the Artist to the present owner

Lot Note:
Don McIlvane was a longtime friend of Ms. Staples. Her sister, Cleedi, introduced Ms. Staples to Mr. McIlvane in the early 1970s, and the artist gifted art to her in the years to follow. Mr. McIlvane went to all of the Staple Singers shows in Chicago. His painting of the family group was based on a visual memory of an outdoor summertime show held in the West Side of Chicago around ‘71-’72, which is why they are wearing sunglasses.

Condition Report

There is convex bowing to the board; slight surface dust and dirt; frame wear with slight paint loss around the edges and at the corners under the rabbet; otherwise this work appears to be in overall basic good and stable condition.

Framed: 32 x 39 inches.

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