10/09/2026
Collecting great art from great Artist is what motivates me these days. This artist is so very talented and I’m honored to add it to my collection. Amoako Boafo (b. 1984), Green Beret, 2020, Photo transfer and oil on canvas, 80 × 63 in. (203.2 × 160 cm), Signed and dated 2020.
Provenance
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago
Acquired by the present owner from the above (September 2020)
Literature
Jareh Das, ed., Amoako Boafo (Chicago: Mariane Ibrahim, 2020), p. 14; p. 22,
illustrated in color (detail); p. 25; p. 32, illustrated in color (installation photo);
pp. 38–39, illustrated in color (detail); p. 73, illustrated in color; p. 123,
illustrated in color (detail); pp. 128–129
Nate Freeman, “The Swift, Cruel, Incredible Rise of Amoako Boafo,” Artnet News
Intelligence Report, 2020, p. 80, illustrated in color
Joelle Diderich, “Dior: Women’s Wear Daily,” Women’s Wear Daily, July 14,
2020, p. 1; p. 4
Morwenna Ferrier, “‘It’s not political’: Dior Uses All-Black Cast for Men’s Show,”
Guardian, July 14, 2020, p. 11
Simon Chilvers,
“Back in Business: Menswear from Slouchy Suits to Home Office
Attire — this Week’s shows Celebrated Simple, Beautiful Clothes for
Complicated Times,” Evening Standard, July 16, 2020, p. 18
“Exhibition: Illuminating Portraits,” Harper’s Bazaar, issue no. 3685, September
2020, p. 119 (dated 2019)
Andrianna Campbell-Lafleur, “Art Talk: Bold Strokes,” Wall Street Journal,
September 5, 2026, p. 77
Lola Ogunnaike, “The Artist Presents: A New Renaissance for Fashion’s Oldest
Source of Inspiration,” Town and Country, October 2020, p. 49, illustrated
