David "LEBO" Le Batard (1972-2023) "Peace in Our T

Updated September 18, 2026

Lot number364
Estimate500.00 - 750.00 USD
AuctionOctober Art & Collectibles- 2-DAY Auction
DateOctober 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM EDT
Auction houseOakwood Auctions
LocationStouffville

A compelling unique original painting by David "LEBO" Le Batard, executed in acrylic on Masonite and accompanied by extensive Park West Gallery documentation identifying the work by title, date, medium, dimensions, signature, registration number, and unique-work status.<br><br>Artist: David Le Batard, known professionally as LEBO<br>Title: Peace in Our Time<br>Date: 2017<br>Medium: Acrylic painting on Masonite board<br>Image dimensions: 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm)<br>Framed dimensions: 31 3/4 x 32 in. (80.6 x 81.3 cm) <br>Signature: Hand-signed in pigment lower right by the artist<br>Additional inscription: Titled on verso according to the accompanying Park West documentation<br>Edition: Unique work - not an edition or numbered multiple<br>Park West Registration No.: 814226.0000<br>Documentation: Park West Gallery Certificate of Authenticity; Park West Gallery appraisal dated September 22, 2022; related Park West Gallery collector correspondence<br>Park West stated retail replacement appraisal: $12,100 USD, dated September 22, 2022<br><br>Executed in 2017, Peace in Our Time is a visually commanding example of LEBO's highly recognizable pictorial language, bringing together vibrant primary color, emphatic geometry, handwritten text, symbolic imagery, and the artist's characteristic fusion of contemporary cartoon-based figuration and expressive abstraction.<br><br>The square composition is built upon an intense cobalt-blue field traversed by broad diagonal red-and-white bands that establish a strong sense of rhythm and directional movement. Against this graphic architecture, LEBO introduces a vocabulary of personal and universal symbols. The handwritten phrase "Peace in our time" dominates the upper-left quadrant, functioning simultaneously as title, declaration, and compositional device. At lower left, a circular motif is accompanied by the words "one love," while a stylized bird or dove appears at right beside a small green botanical element. Additional circular forms punctuate the composition, creating a layered dialogue between geometry, figuration, language, and symbolism.<br><br>These elements embody the optimistic, humanistic character frequently associated with LEBO's work. Peace, love, coexistence, nature, and communication are expressed not through conventional narrative realism, but through a personal visual vocabulary of signs, words, creatures, shapes, and saturated color. The result is immediately accessible yet unmistakably individual - a work whose decorative impact is matched by its underlying meditation on harmony and collective experience.<br><br>The lower-right corner bears LEBO's distinctive graphic monogram in black pigment, clearly visible in the accompanying detail photograph. Its integration into the composition reinforces the work's handmade character and provides an important visual point of authentication corresponding directly with the Park West Certificate of Authenticity, which records the painting as hand-signed in pigm

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