#head warmer

David Hammons signed this stick and gave it to Belgian curator/museum director Jan Hoet. Hoet's family is selling it, on the claim that it represents both Hammons' quasi-mystical African American tradition of making art from found objects, but also that it embodies Hammons' and Hoet's deep, longlasting friendship. It is one of at least three artworks Hoet got from Hammons, who he included in documenta in 1992.

image: David Hammons, Head Warmer, 1998, a 1-meter long stick, titled and signed, selling at Christie's in Dec. 2024, tho this image is from an unsuccessful sale at Phillips in 2023.