This series of Mickalene Thomas’s 'Portrait of a Lovely Six Foota #1' (2009) prints is being offered on behalf of the Santa Monica Museum of Art. All proceeds benefit the exhibitions and programs of the SMMoA, which fosters diversity, innovation, and discovery in Contemporary Art. The museum strives to expand boundaries, explore individual differences, enhance the public knowledge of art, and broaden one’s art experience.

Prints from an edition of 50 will be offered for sale through artnet auctions. Prices for this work by Mickalene Thomas will start at $1800.00 and escalate in price as the prints sell, with the final set selling for $4000.00.

Mickalene Thomas uses the imagery of the black power movement and 1970's blaxploitation to explore the archetype of the black female in America today. Known for her complex paintings composed of acrylic, enamel, and rhinestones, Thomas expands upon notions of beauty by combining elements of pop art and contemporary imagery. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2000 and her MFA from Yale University in 2002. The artist has exhibited extensively with recent shows at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, NY), Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo, JP), and National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC), among others. Thomas is currently represented by Lehmann Maupin in New York, Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, and Susanne Vielmetter Projects in Los Angeles.

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Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY)
Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY)
Brooklyn Museum (New York, NY)
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA)
National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC)
San Francisco Museum of Modern (San Francisco, CA)