Unapologetic Faces

Golden Temptation II

What's left when the gold is gone.

Format
High-gloss aluminum
Edition
limited to one collector
Size
36 × 24 in
Price
$2,000.00

What you're acquiring

This artwork is limited to one collector in the format and size listed above. Corey Wesley's signature is printed on the artwork. An artist's archive proof is retained for documentation, display, and marketing and is never offered for sale.

Milton Wes Art's shipping partner ships the work directly to you. After the work is acquired, it is removed from sale so it cannot be purchased again.

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Format
High-gloss aluminum
Edition
limited to one collector
Size
36 × 24 in
Price
$2,000.00
As featured inHarlem World · New York Weekly · Brown Style · Harlem Times

Gold gets you there. It does not tell you what happens after.

Golden Temptation II sits on the other side of the chase, in the quiet that comes when the thing you wanted stops being enough. Where the first work held one perspective, this one brings two together. A man and a woman, both marked by the same hunger, neither one spared it.

The eyes are withheld on purpose. When someone is starving for fame or fortune, the hunger does not show first in the eyes. It shows in the mouth. I put it there, in the lips, where wanting lives before it becomes anything else.

Companion work: Golden Temptation captures the pull before the consequence. Golden Temptation II stands on the other side of it. Together, the two works move from wanting something badly to confronting what that wanting actually gave you.

Golden Temptation II is a limited to one collector work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley from the Unapologetic Faces series. The signature is printed on the work, and the work is documented with a certificate of authenticity.

36 × 24 aluminum work. Archival museum-quality aluminum on an MDF back. Scratch and fade resistant, with nothing over the surface. No glass, no acrylic. Ready to hang, French cleat included, floats half an inch off the wall and hangs vertical or horizontal. The signature is printed on the front. Signed certificate of authenticity included.

After purchase: The collector receives an order confirmation, production updates, shipping and tracking information, and delivery follow-up. Milton Wes Art issues the signed certificate of authenticity approximately 30 days after delivery.
Production: After acquisition, Milton Wes Art's trusted production partner produces the physical work and ships it directly to the collector.
Shipping: Included. Ships only to the 50 U.S. states, including Alaska and Hawaii. U.S. territories are excluded. Estimated delivery is 7 to 10 calendar days from the order date. Dates are estimates, not guarantees. Tracking is provided when the work ships.
Installation: Float mounted and gallery-finished. Hardware included. Ready to hang.
Care: Wipe with a clean, dry cloth. Avoid direct sunlight and moisture.
Final Sale: Except where law requires otherwise or the Shipping, Delivery & Claims policy provides a remedy, sales are final. Production begins after acquisition and each verified artwork remains limited to one collector.
This work arrives on a floating wall mount with a concealed backing. It hangs securely and floats half an inch off the wall, so the surface reads clean and the edges catch light. No additional framing required.
Corey Wesley's signature is printed on each work. Milton Wes Art keeps a private acquisition record and issues a signed Certificate of Authenticity documenting the work, the collector, and the acquisition date. It is mailed under separate cover within 30 days of delivery. Each work is limited to one collector. Corey retains an artist's archive proof for documentation, display, and marketing. The archive proof is never offered for sale.

MEET THE ARTIST

Corey Wesley is a Harlem-based contemporary artist and founder of Milton Wes Art. His work examines identity, recognition, vulnerability, and the cost of being seen.

MEET COREY WESLEY

Faces tell a story before we even say a word. This is my creative expression of the human face and the emotions we all experience.

HARLEM, NEW YORK
From the debut exhibition

Our Faces Tell a Story Before We Even Say a Word

Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen
Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside · New York City · March 2026

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