Art – Limited Edition Basketball By Artist Kehinde Wiley

Art – Limited Edition Basketball By Artist Kehinde Wiley.

ABOUT THE MORPHEUS LIMITED EDITION BASKETBALL

BY KEHINDE WILEY

Drawing on an earlier painting entitled Morpheus, which was inspired by Jean-Antonie Houdon’s 1777 marble sculpture of the same name, Wiley’s iteration featured a model from Brooklyn lain across a white sheet with floral motifs around his body. The work featured in Wiley’s 2008 exhibition “Down” at Jeffrey Deitch, and unlike the Houdon sculpture, whose melancholic figure looks away, Wiley’s figure invites onlookers through direct eye contact.

The Morpheus basketball is regulation size and is made using premium leather in a monogrammed cotton dust bag. Additional highlights include a heavy lucite basketball stand with beveled edges and engraved with the artist’s signature. Net proceeds from the sale will benefit Wiley’s artist-in-residence program Black Rock Sénégal, founded back in 2019. Purchase your own for $275 USD at the artist’s webshop.

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