Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Stylized Figurative

A Collection of Stylized Figurative Works by Headley Thompson (Jamaican, 20th Century) - A collection of multiple stylized figurative works by the Jamaican artist Headley Thompson. The pieces are executed in a modernist folk style, using bold, flat areas of primary and secondary colours, likely in gouache or acrylic on paper and unstretched canvas. The subject matter depicts highly elongated, minimalist figures in various poses including manual labour with fruit baskets, social interactions, and a mother with her child. Each work is signed in the lower right corner Headley Thompson Jamaica, W.I. and includes a circled date of either 84 or 86. Five of the works are presented in black or gilt-metal frames with contrasting black or white mounts. One work remains an unframed sheet of unstretched canvas or heavy paper with rough edges.