Kanye West’s original artwork created during his sophomore year attending Polaris High School in Chicago is now valued at $16,000 to $23,000.
The discovery of West’s art collection is all thanks to his cousin’s husband, who featured the pieces on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow.
In April 2019, West’s first cousin’s husband brought a large collection of the rapper’s work for collectibles expert Laura Woolley to appraise during the filming of the PBS series at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
The five works highlighted included pieces done with graphite, gouache and scratchboard techniques; the collection also featured a flyer for West’s first known art showing from 1995.
“This flyer is really interesting because it gives the full background of his entire artistic training up until that point,” says Woolley.
Woolley then notes that by age 17, when West was at the Polaris School, he had “already been studying at these extraordinary artistic institutions,…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
