Art Market Overview: Rising Prices for Paintings by American Artist Robert Colescott


05/12/2021

Twelve years after his death, the price index for works by the American New Figuration painter Robert Colescott (1925-2009) are soaring.



by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware (1975), to be sold at Sotheby's New York on May 12, is estimated at $9/12 M.
Robert Colescott has become a market favorite since Blum & Poe Gallery began managing his estate in 2017. The satirical artist could well set new records: his George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware (1975), to be sold at Sotheby's... read more