Chadwick Boseman Portrait to Be Auctioned Off for Challenge Angel Meals

Challenge Angel Meals’s AngelPhoto public sale this 12 months will embody a portrait of the late Chadwick Boseman.

The picture, shot by Kwaku Alston at Comedian Con in 2017 earlier than the discharge of “Black Panther,” opens at $1,000, however is anticipated to fetch about $5,000.

The effective artwork pictures public sale shall be held at Milk Studios Los Angeles on Dec. 8. All proceeds profit Challenge Angel Meals’s work offering every day medically tailor-made meals to greater than 2,500 Angelenos residing with HIV/AIDS, most cancers, diabetes and different life-threatening sicknesses.

Different public sale highlights embody a photograph of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe taken by Norman Seeff in New York Metropolis in 1969 and Greg Gorman’s 1994 portrait of Sophia Loren for Detour journal that coincided with the discharge of Robert Altman’s “Prêt-à-Porter.”

“This 12 months, the public sale is that includes over 70 masters of artwork pictures together with icons reminiscent of Ed Ruscha, Herb Ritts, Norman Seeff, Antonio Lopez and Brad Elterman in addition to the subsequent era together with Michelle Groskopf, Bryan “BAM” Martinez and John Jay,” says Milk studio director Willie Maldonado. “This 12 months’s assortment showcases the excessive spirit vitality of the Los Angeles story captured over a long time with mesmerizing photos.”

The occasion will characteristic a pre-auction cocktail reception at 6 p.m. Tickets to the occasion are $150 and up.

Picture sponsors of the occasion embody Meridith Baer & Meredith Baer Dwelling, Guess Basis & Guess Cares, Bobby Heller & Charly Shahin and the Kimberly Resort New York. The Polaroid sponsor is Rod Carter whereas David Hardy serves as Patron sponsor.