ARTWORK
On Your Knees
Few works in my collection carry as much personal history as this one. I first created it in 1975 in my Pittsburgh apartment.
THE STORY
Few works in my collection carry as much personal history as On Your Knees. I first created it in 1975 in my Pittsburgh apartment—complete with a “Yellow Brick Road” kitchen floor and a tinfoil-covered refrigerator. The original drawing was born in an era of youthful rebellion and creative discovery. That apartment, painted in dramatic contrasts of black and white, became the cradle of my earliest artistic identity. But life intervened: a violent eviction wiped away the first On Your Knees and nearly everything I owned. Years later, in New York City, I recreated the piece, which went on to be featured in a solo show at the Plaza Hotel. The work has lived through the birth of my children, countless moves, a fire, and decades of transformation—each mark on its surface a chapter of that journey. The piece is available for purchase, history included.
WORK DETAILS
ON YOUR KNEES
David Schure, July 1992
Graphite on Bristol Paper
24 × 18 5/8 inches, framed
$1,000,000
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