(ABELES A17591)
ABELES, SIGMUND. Head of a Black Girl 1970 [Signed
etching]. Signed numbered edition of 250. Abeles (1934-) published this
print with the AAA. He is a white artist of East-European descent. A very nice
portrait with none of the usual racist overtones or stereotypes. Image size: 11
3/4 inches h.; sheet size: 19 x 14 3/4 inches. Signed and numbered in lower
margin. 1970. Fine. $75.00 [Order]
(AMOS, EMMA A18765)
AMOS, EMMA. Woman with Hat (Signed numbered
original etching). Color etching, in subtle shades of brown ink. N.d. An
early work in Amos's oeuvre. Signed numbered and titled across lower margin. Ed.
of 35. 18 x 13 1/4 in. (44.8 x 34 cm.) N.d.. Fine impression, in fine bright
condition. $2,200.00 [Order]
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(BAKER, J A13963)
BAKER, JOSEPHINE (Vintage Photograph). JOSEPHINE
BAKER in her role in The Flame Of Paris. Vintage film still photograph,
c.1951. Striking image. Sheet size 10 x 8 1/8" (image: 8 3/4 x 7 1/4"), signed
by photographer in the negative. c.1951. Near fine clean bright image. $65.00 [Order]
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(BEARDEN A18032)
BEARDEN, ROMARE. Circe Into Swine 1979 [Signed
original Serigraph]. From the Odysseus Suite. Original multi-colored
screenprint. Classical figures set in a landscape of lush blues, greens and
other bright color accents. Signed numbered edition of Artist's Proofs, apart
from the edition of 125. Numbered and SIGNED by Bearden, in pencil along lower
margin. [Gelburd/Rosenberg, A Graphic Odyssey, b&w illus. fig. 47, p.62]
Sheet size: 21 x 28 3/4 in. (53.34 x 73 cm.) Signed numbered edition of Artist's
Proofs, apart from the numbered edition of 125. 1979. Fine impression, in mint
condition. $3,500.00 [Order]
(BEARDEN A18821)
BEARDEN, ROMARE. Fall of Troy. 1979. (Signed original
Serigraph).. From Odysseus Suite. Original multi-colored screenprint.
Numbered and SIGNED by Bearden in pencil. [Gelburd /Rosenberg. A Graphic
Odyssey, b&w illus. fig. 45, p. 60]. Image size: 18 x 24; Sheet size 21 3/4
x 29 1/4 in. 1979. Fine bright impression, in fine condition. $3,500.00 [Order]
(BEARDEN A17181)
BEARDEN, ROMARE. Home to Ithaca 1979 (Signed original
Serigraph). From the Odysseus Suite. Color multi-colored serigraph print.
One of the most complexly colored images of this series of six prints. Numbered
109/125 and SIGNED by Bearden in pencil along lower margin. [Gelburd/Rosenberg,
A Graphic Odyssey, b&w illus. fig. 49, p. 64] Image: 15 x 24 1/8 in. Sheet
size: 20 3/4 x 30 1/8 in. Signed, numbered edition of 125 1979. Fine bright
impression, in mint condition.. $3,350.00 [Order]
(BEARDEN A18822)
BEARDEN, ROMARE. Introduction for a Blues Queen -
Billie Holliday 1979 (Signed original lithograph). From the Jazz Series.
Original multi-colored lithograph. Numbered and SIGNED by Bearden in pencil. The
highlight image of the Jazz series. Edition of 175. [Gelburd/Rosenberg, A
Graphic Odyssey, 77, b&w illus. fig. 23, p.34]. Sheet size 23 7/8 x 35 3/8
in (606 x 899 mm.) 1979. Fine impression, in fine bright condition. $4,500.00 [Order]
(BEARDEN A18040)
BEARDEN, ROMARE. Pilate 1979 [Signed original
Silkscreen]. Original multi-colored screenprint 1979. Numbered and SIGNED by
Bearden in pencil. Limited numbered edition of 300. Printed by Atelier Ettinger
with the printer's blindstamp lower right. [Gelburd/Rosenberg 82, b&w illus.
fig. 80, p.117]. 559 x 381 mm. (22 x 15 inches), full margins (sheet size 28 x
21 inches). Numbered edition of 300. 1979. A fine dark impression, in mint
condition. $3,600.00 [Order]
(BEARDEN A17056)
BEARDEN, ROMARE. Tenor Sermon 1979 (Signed original
lithograph). From the Jazz Series. Original multi-colored lithograph. SIGNED
and numbered 146/175 by Bearden in pencil left edge. Published by London Arts,
Detroit. [Gelburd/Rosenberg. A Graphic Odyssey. 75, b&w illus. fig. 27,
p.38]. Lithograph 23 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches. Edition of 175. London Arts, Detroit,
1979. Fine bright impression, in fine condition. $2,700.00 [Order]
(BIGGERS A18267)
BIGGERS, JOHN T. Star Gazers 1985 (Signed original
lithograph). Original color lithograph, numbered, signed and dated in stone,
and again by hand along lower margin. A mystical image of four figures who seem
to be a family seated on a bench gazing at the stars, but the small girl at the
left appears as well to be a kind of spirit figure. A visually engaging and
deeply peaceful image, incorporating many of Biggers's well-known mystical
African motifs, symbols, and patterns. Image size: 21 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches; sheet
size: 23 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Created in 1985, but first editioned in 1988,
hence the conflicting dates in stone and signature, as issued. 1985/1988. Fine
impression, in fine condition. $2,250.00 [Order]
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(BLAYTON A18341)
BLAYTON, BETTY. Me, Spirit, All 1975 (Original signed
intaglio print). Large original abstract intaglio print in marine blue and
silvery gray. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/50. Blayton is an abstract
African American painter and printmaker active in New York since the 1960s.
Sheet size: 30 x 22 inches. (image impression: 23 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches) 1975.
About fine. Verso of paper exhibits light aging. $450.00 [Order]
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(BURROUGHS A16702)
BURROUGHS, MARGARET. Black Venus 1957 [Linocut].
Titled, numbered and signed in pencil by Burroughs along lower margin. Important
original linoleum cut print by Louisiana-born African American artist and
writer, well represented in the major African American art collections such as
the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Howard University, The Studio Museum in Harlem, High
Museum, and The DuSable Museum. Her best-known work, widely exhibited during the
'70s. No. 49 of the limited numbered edition of 50, signed, numbered and titled
in pencil lower margin. Image size: 14 x 11 1/8 inches (35.6 x 28 cm). 1957.
Fine dark impression, full margins (brief crinkle at a few spots along the
margins, well away from image impression.) $1,400.00 [Order]
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(BURROUGHS A16446)
BURROUGHS, MARGARET. Man Child 1986 [Signed original
Lithograph]. Original lithograph, titled, numbered and signed in pen along
lower margin. This expressive portrait of a young man is a scarce print from a
very small edition. Burroughs (b. 1917) is an important Chicago printmaker,
poet, sculptor and book illustrator, whose work is well represented in major
African American art collections such as the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Howard
University, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and The DuSable Museum of
African-American History in Chicago. Burroughs was also the founder of the
DuSable Museum and the South Side Community Center. No. 9 of a total edition of
18, titled, numbered and signed in pen along lower margin. Image size: 14 1/4 x
9 3/4 inches; sheet size: 18 ½ x 12 3/4 inches. 1986. Fine dark impression, wide
margins (brief crinkle near lower right corner of margin, well away from image.)
$1,950.00 [Order]
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(BURROUGHS A14353)
BURROUGHS, MARGARET. On the Beach [Signed original
linocut]. Original linocut print, titled, numbered and signed in pencil
along lower margin. Important Louisiana-born Chicago printmaker (b. 1917),
painter, sculptor, poet, writer and book illustrator, whose work is well
represented in the major African American art collections such as the
Evans-Tibbs Collection, Howard University, The Studio Museum in Harlem, High
Museum, and others. Burroughs is also the founder of the DuSable Museum of
African-American History in Chicago, and the South Side Community Center. Image
size: 11 x 14 1/4 inches; paper size: 14 1/2 x 18 inches. No. 46 of a numbered
edition of 50. N.d. (c.1960's). Fine dark impression, fine condition. $1,800.00
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(CARREY A11335)
CARREY, BOBBI. Consciousness Razing. One of the
signed original limited edition of 20. Assistant to Walker Evans, and recipient
of grants from the NEA and Yaddo, Carrey was included in over 40 major
photography exhibitions of the 1970's such as Women of Photography at the San
Francisco Museum of Art (1975). This image remains one of the most well-known
feminist photographs of the mid 70's, and a prime example of her layered
image-text work of that period. Black & white photograph 11 x 14" (image
size 10 x 13"), unframed in archival mat. 1975. A fine rich original print in
fine condition. $500.00 [Order]
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(CARREY A12667)
CARREY, BOBBI. Portfolio of 18 Self-Portrait
Photographs. 18 vintage original photographs, each printed in a limited
signed and numbered edition of 20. Assistant to Walker Evans, and recipient of
grants from the NEA and Yaddo, Carrey was included in over 40 major photography
exhibitions of the 1970's such as Women of Photography at the San Francisco
Museum of Art (1975). Her self-portraits are among the most well-known feminist
photographs of the mid 70's, and are prime examples of her layered image-text
work of that period. Plate size of each image approximately 13 x 10 inches
(matted 20 x 16 inches). 1974-75. Fine, in archival mats. Some of these
photographs are also available individually. Images can be viewed at our
website. $8,000.00 [Order]
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(CATLETT A19116)
CATLETT, ELIZABETH. Freedom 1998 (Signed
lithograph). Color lithograph. Numbered and signed by the artist. From
Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio. This 4-figure image by Catlett,
Robeson's friend and contemporary, speaks to his desire to live in a world where
all people are treated equally. Printed by Alliance Graphics, 1998. 25 x 20 in.
(Image size: 22.75 x 18 in.). Limited ed. of 100. 1998. Fine. $1,000.00 [Order]
(CATLETT A19175)
CATLETT, ELIZABETH. On the Subway (Signed
lithograph). Black and white offset lithograph, 1986. Signed, titled, dated
and numbered 231/300 in pencil, lower margin. A striking portrait of a beautiful
young black woman wearing a beret. 42 x 28.5 cm; 16 1/2 x 11 1/8 in, full
margins. 1986. A lovely clean impression, fine condition. $1,950.00 [Order]
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(CHAGALL A18483)
CHAGALL, MARC. Jeremiah's Lamentations (Original Color
Lithograph) 1956. Original color lithograph. From Verve 33/34: Chagall.
Illustrations for the Bible. With additional original black & white
lithograph on reverse. Printed by Mourlot. 14 x 10 ½ in. (263mm x 355mm) 1956.
Fine. $485.00 [Order]
(CICERO A17965)
CICERO, CARMEN. Untitled 1961 (Signed watercolor).
Abstract expressionist watercolor. Signed and dated at lower left: Cicero 1961.
Carmen Cicero (b. 1927) was an early student of Robert Motherwell and this work
still bears the influence of Motherwell's idiosyncratic mix of surrealism and
abstraction. A two-time Guggenheim winner, Cicero has been exhibiting his
colorist abstractions, still life and cityscape paintings in New York since the
'50s. A scarce early work. Measures 8 x 11 inches within mat opening; frame
dimensions: 13 3/4 by 17 inches. Original silk mat; framed with old gallery tag
rear of frame. 1961. Not examined out of frame, but appears to be in excellent
condition, free of any visible defects. $800.00 [Order]
(CLARK, MICHAEL A18263)
CLARK, MICHAEL. Untitled (Column in
architectural niche) 1983 (Signed Silkscreen print). Original limited
edition silkscreen print, numbered and signed. Geometric architectural subject.
No. 132 of a total limited edition of 200. Sheet size: 30 x 27 1/2 inches. 1983.
Fine. $70.00 [Order]
(COVARRUBIAS A16447)
COVARRUBIAS, MIGUEL. Mexican Street Scene c. 1940
(Lithograph). Published by Associated American Artists, New York. One of
Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias' classic richly worked black-and-white
lithographs. Signed and numbered. Image size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches; sheet size:
14 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. Full margins. Ed. of 250, signed in pencil lower right.
c. 1940. Fine impression, in fine bright condition. $1,575.00 [Order]
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(CRUMPLER, D A19123)
CRUMPLER, DEWEY. Untitled 1998 (Signed original
print). from Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio. 20-color print.
The famous image of the hold of a slave ship is here transformed into an image
of the blade of a chainsaw. Sheet size: 20 x 25 in.; image size: 19 x 24.75 in.
Limited ed. of 100. Printed by Alliance Graphics, 1998. Fine. $475.00 [Order]
(DILLON, FRANK J A16756)
DILLON, FRANK J. Untitled Still Life [Bearded
Iris in Vase] [Signed watercolor]. Delicate floral watercolor in shades of
blue, green, pink, violet, brown and gray on heavy warm white paper. Signed
lower right. 19th-centruy African American painter and stained glass designer
(b.1866). Frank Joseph Dillon studied at Oberlin College, and at the Art
Students League. He subsequently exhibited his still-life work in the Harmon
Foundation exhibitions of 1929 and 1933, as well as at the Smithsonian (in
1929), and other venues available to Black artists of this era where he won
substantial attention for his work. [Porter, Modern Negro Art, p. 133; Cederholm
(1973), 79; Against the Odds, 120, 180-182; listed in Igoe.] 11 x 9 1/8 inches,
in slightly larger plain wood frame. N.d. (circa 1930s). About fine. $2,200.00
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(GENTRY A18295)
GENTRY, HERBERT. Untitled (Signed Color
lithograph). Multi-color lithograph in yellow, orange, green and dark blue.
c. 1970. Signed and numbered in pencil along lower margin; printer's blindstamp
lower right corner of margin. Printed on Arches at the Shorewood Press, New
York. Herbert Gentry (1919-2003) is an important African American artist who was
born in Pittsburgh, but grew up in Harlem during the 20s and 30s. After serving
in the Armed Forces in Europe during WW II, he returned to Paris in 1946 where
he studied painting, and remained in Europe for most of his artistic career,
returning only sporadically to New York. Sheet size: 30 x 22 1/4 inches. No. 88
of the limited edition of 99. 1970s. Fine impression. $2,200.00 [Order]
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(GENTRY A18342)
GENTRY, HERBERT. Untitled 1992 (Original Signed
aquatint). Original black and white dramatic expressionist aquatint by
important African American abstract expressionist artist who worked in Europe
for most of his artistic career, returning only sporadically to New York.
Signed, numbered and dated in pencil along lower margin. Image size: 17 5/8 x 23
3/4 inches; sheet size: 22 1/4 x 30 inches. No. 16 of an edition of 20. 1992.
Fine impression, fine condition. $2,700.00 [Order]
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(GRASS, G A16750)
GRASS, GUNTER. Mit Sophie in die Pilze gegangen
(Inscribed, with original lithographs). 47 (5) pp. Grass's poems illustrated
with 14 full-page and 5 double-page original b&w lithographs by Grass.
Signed in the colophon (as issued) with additional 3-line signed and dated
dedication in pencil to Hans Meyer. [Provenance: Estate of Hans Meyer]. Nice
association copy of an uncommon German artist's book of the 1970s. The images
(interwoven with autographic poetic texts) represent an amorous romp through a
patch of highly eroticized mushrooms, and include the artist's self-portrait, a
new-born baby and other events. Text in German, with additional Italian
translations of all poems, set in Helvetica majer and printed on Filicarta
paper; the lithographs are printed without margin on Vang-Papier, a soft heavy
rag paper. Large folio, 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (51.5 x 36 cm.), unbound sheets
(19 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.) in lettered limp cloth-covered boards, in matching linen
slipcase. Number 60 of the numbered ed. of 99 (total ed. of 135), signed by
Grass in the colophon. Milano, Grafica Uno, 1976. Fine bright copy, in about
fine slipcase with slight dent near upper edge. $1,700.00 [Order]
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(GRASSET A16857)
GRASSET, EUGENE. Encre L. Marquet (Original
chromolithograph) 1896. Small chromolithograph French poster 1896 by Eugene
Grasset, one of the renowned graphic artists of French art nouveau.
Chromolithograph. Paris, 1896. Fine. $325.00 [Order]
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(HALL, MABEL A16162)
HALL, MABEL (Mae) B. Untitled landscape
watercolors [5 double-sided sheets] c.1930. Ten landscape images documenting
views from a cross-country train trip made by the artist, probably around 1930.
Five double-sided watercolors framed in a single mount, all signed as well as
annotated, verso. Hall is a listed African American Philadelphia painter about
whom little is yet known although she was a member of the American Watercolor
Society, and exhibited throughout the 1930s at the Art Institute of Chicago, the
American Watercolor Society shows, and at the Pennsylvania Academy. Each sheet
approximately 4 1/2 x 6 inches; frame dimensions: 44 x 15 inches, in original
wood frame. c. 1930. Near fine, but mat needs to be replaced (not acid free).
$1,200.00 [Order]
(HUNT, RICHARD A16103)
HUNT, RICHARD. Forrestian 1986 [Signed color
Lithograph]. Signed original abstract multi-colored lithograph, printed on
off-white Arches paper. Magnificent large dramatic abstraction. An example of
Hunt's most ambitious large graphic works and a significant African American
print. Published by Linde Publishing and hand printed in collaboration with Hunt
by noted painter and lithographer Will Petersen (1928-1994) at Plucked Chicken
Press, 1986, with the press blind stamp in lower right corner. Signed in pencil
R. Hunt and designated RTP (right to print). Edition limited to an Arabic
numbered edition of 75. The RTP was the first signed impression (signifying the
artist's approval for the edition to be printed, and the work to which the other
impressions are compared.) This impression comes directly from the estate of
Will Petersen. [Hunt. Affirmations. Color plate p.33] Sheet size 40 5/8 x 30 1/4
inches, printed to edges of paper. 1986. Fine bright impression, in about fine
condition (a bit of faint creasing near lower corner, visible only under close
scrutiny). $1,800.00 [Order]
(HUNT, RICHARD A15812)
HUNT, RICHARD. Untitled (Signed lithograph
1). Original lithograph. Expressive black-and-white abstract gestural image.
Printed on fine rag paper, signed and numbered XXI in pencil along lower edge.
Published by Lakeside Studios, Michigan, with printer's blindstamp lower right.
An early print by African American Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt. 13 x 10
inches, image printed without margin to edges of paper. Undated (c. 1974). Fine
dark impression, in fine condition. $180.00 [Order]
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(HUNT, RICHARD A15813)
HUNT, RICHARD. Untitled (Signed lithograph
2). Original lithograph. Expressive black-and-white abstract gestural image,
printed on fine rag paper (looks like early BFK Rives), signed and numbered XX
in pencil along lower edge. Published by Lakeside Studios, with printer's
blindstamp lower right. An early print by African American Chicago sculptor
Richard Hunt (b. 1935). 13 x 10 inches, image printed without margin to edges of
paper. Undated (c. 1974). Fine dark impression, in fine condition. $180.00 [Order]
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(HUNT, RICHARD A16052)
HUNT, RICHARD. Untitled (Signed lithograph
3). Original lithograph, printed on fine rag paper, signed and numbered XXI
in pencil along lower edge. Expressive black-and-white abstract gestural image
of tree branch-like forms. Published by Lakeside Studios, Michigan, with
printer's blindstamp lower right. Uncommon early print by African American
Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt. 13 x 10 inches, image printed without margin to
edges of paper. Undated (mid 1970s). Fine dark impression, in fine condition.
$180.00 [Order]
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(HUNT, RICHARD A16053)
HUNT, RICHARD. Untitled (Signed lithograph
4). Original lithograph, printed on fine rag paper, signed and numbered XXI
in pencil along lower edge. Expressive black-and-white abstract gestural image
of tree branch-like forms. Published by Lakeside Studios, Michigan, with
printer's blindstamp lower right. Uncommon early print by African American
Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt. 13 x 10 inches, image printed without margin to
edges of paper. Undated (mid 1970s). Fine dark impression, in fine condition.
$180.00 [Order]
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(HUNT, RICHARD A17216)
HUNT, RICHARD. Untitled [Bronze cast
sculpture]. Abstract bronze table sculpture 10 x 7 x 4 inches. Signed and
numbered: R HUNT 5/5 . Born on Chicago's South side in 1935, Hunt is Chicago's
best-known contemporary sculptor, the recipient of numerous public sculpture
commissions and one of only four contemporary African American sculptors
regularly found in national museum collections. 10 x 7 x 4 inches. Bronze cast.
No. 5 of a limited numbered edition of 5. [N.d.]. Fine. $4,450.00 [Order]
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(JACKSON, ROBERT A16035)
JACKSON, ROBERT M. Landscape 1928 (Signed
original watercolor). Original watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower
left:: "Robt. M. Jackson, 1928." Fine example of work by this early twentieth
century African American impressionist painter. Image size 14 3/4 inches x 19
inches; total size in original custom frame and linen mat: 22 1/2 inches x 27
1/4 inches. 1928. Fine condition. $1,275.00 [Order]
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(JARDINE A16460)
JARDINE, SIR WILLIAM, ed. Wild Boar (original
handcolored engraving from Naturalist's Library, Mammalia). Plate 17: Wild
Boar. c.1839. Detailed image of male and female animals relaxing on grassy mound
under a tree. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches c. 1839. Good condition: Soft creasing along
lower margin, away from image; upper corner tip closed tear; no foxing. $15.00
[Order]
(JARDINE A16461)
JARDINE, SIR WILLIAM, ed. Wild Hog (original
handcolored engraving from Naturalist's Library, Mammalia). Plate 18: Wild
Hog: Female & Young. c.1839. Detailed image of mother hog with five panicked
babies hiding in foreground tall grasses; hunters on horseback with dogs
pursuing a second adult hog in the background. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches c. 1839.
Good condition: Soft creasing along lower margin, away from image; no foxing.
$15.00 [Order]
(JEAN, MARCEL A16100)
JEAN, MARCEL. Sites (Signed etchings). Print
portfolio containing eleven original etchings by Marcel Jean: ten are printed on
B.K.F. Rives and one is printed on Canson Montgolfier Rouge. Complete as issued.
SIGNED and numbered by artist. Scarce surrealist work. 4to (10 7/8 x 7 3/4
inches), laid in folded wrapper. No. 7 of an edition of 50 numbered and signed
copies. Paris, Imprimeur A. Moret, 1953. Fine. $695.00 [Order]
(JONES, LOIS MAILOU A19012)
TRAVIS, MARGARET. Portrait of Lois Mailou
Jones. 1937 (Original watercolor painting). A beautiful glowing portrait of
the young Lois Mailou Jones during her Paris Years. Painted by one of her
students Margaret Travis. Mat opening 19 x 15 in. (mat 27 x 23 in.) Provenance:
The Estate of Lois Mailou Jones. In original frame. Lois Mailou Jones Estate
sticker on back of frame. 1937. Not examined out of frame, but appears to be in
excellent condition, free of any visible defects. $1,000.00 [Order]
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(MAJOR A13925)
MAJOR, CLARENCE. Women and Children [Mixed media
painting on paper]. Signed and dated in the image at the center of the lower
edge. A substantial and complex sensuous figure painting with a madonna, angels,
children with haloes, with odd symbolic and ironic overtones. Well known as an
important African American poet and novelist, recent exhibitions have revealed
an equally accomplished painter. Mixed media (watercolor, charcoal, acrylic gold
paint), on fine heavy paper. (approx. 30 in. h.) N.d. (c.2000). Fine. $700.00 [Order]
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(MAJORS, WILLIAM A16747-1)
MAJORS, WILLIAM. Ecclesiastes I, 7 [from
Ecclesiastes series] [Original signed etching]. Original abstract colored
etching, on Rives BFK. A well-known Indiana-born African American printmaker
(1930-1982), graduate of the Herron School of Art, winner of the Whitney travel
grant, Majors spent 2 years studying in Europe. Ecclesiastes is Majors' best
known print series, represented in collections such as MOMA, The Metropolitan
Museum, High Museum, Herron Art Institute, and many others. Sold with: original
accompanying Biblical text sheet selected by Majors and Susan Stedman from the
King James Version, set in English Monotype Bembo, printed on Rives BFK by
Clarke and Way, N.Y. No. 73 of a numbered, signed edition of 75, also titled by
the artist with the particular chapter and verse to which the image refers. 2
sheets. Image size: 13 9/16 x 9 7/8 inches; sheet size 13 7/8 x 16 7/8 inches.
New York, Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art, n.d. [1966]. Fine. $675.00
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(MAJORS, WILLIAM A16747-5)
MAJORS, WILLIAM. Ecclesiastes IV, 9 [from
Ecclesiastes series] [Original signed etching]. Original abstract
coffee-brown etching with aquatint, printed on Rives BFK. A well-known
Indiana-born African American printmaker (1930-1982), graduate of the Herron
School of Art, winner of the Whitney travel grant, Majors spent 2 years studying
in Europe. Ecclesiastes is Majors' best known print series, represented in
collections such as MOMA, The Metropolitan Museum, High Museum, Herron Art
Institute, and many others. Sold with: original accompanying Biblical text sheet
selected by Majors and Susan Stedman from the King James Version, set in English
Monotype Bembo, printed on Rives BFK by Clarke and Way, N.Y. No. 73 of a
numbered, signed edition of 75, also titled by the artist with the particular
chapter and verse to which the image refers. 2 sheets. Image size: 6 7/8 x 9 3/4
inches; sheet size 13 7/8 x 16 7/8 inches. New York, Junior Council of the
Museum of Modern Art, n.d. [1966]. Fine. $675.00 [Order]
(MAJORS, WILLIAM A16747-12)
MAJORS, WILLIAM. Ecclesiastes VIII, 17
[Etching from Ecclesiastes series]. Original abstract etching, printed in
brown ink on Rives BFK. A well-known Indiana-born African American printmaker
(1930-1982), graduate of the Herron School of Art, winner of the Whitney travel
grant, Majors spent 2 years studying in Europe. Ecclesiastes is Majors' best
known print series, represented in collections such as MOMA, The Metropolitan
Museum, High Museum, Herron Art Institute, and many others. Sold with: original
accompanying Biblical text sheet selected by Majors and Susan Stedman from the
King James Version, set in English Monotype Bembo and printed on Rives BFK by
Clarke and Way, N.Y. No. 73 of a numbered, signed edition of 75, also titled by
the artist with the particular chapter and verse to which the image refers. 2
sheets. Image size: 9 3/4 x 13 11/16 inches; sheet size 13 7/8 x 16 7/8 inches.
New York, Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art, n.d. [1966]. Fine. $675.00
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(MARTIN, PERCY A17585)
MARTIN, PERCY. Blue Angel (Signed aquatint).
Striking moody image. Turquoise blue and black aquatint 13 ¾ x 12 in. Artist's
proof. Titled and signed in pencil along lower margin. Percy Martin (b. 1943) is
a contemporary African American printmaker based in Washington, D.C. Blue and
black aquatint (Impression size: 13 ¾ x 12 inches; sheet size 20 x 16 inches).
N.d. (c. 1970's). Fine impression, faint marginal toning. $750.00 [Order]
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(MITCHELL A17986)
MITCHELL, DEAN. Deep Rivers in my Soul [Print
Portfolio - Signed etchings]. Portfolio of six colored jazz etchings with
aquatint by Dean Mitchell, printed with the assistance of master printer Peter
Pettengill at his Wingate Studio, in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Folio, in tan
linen covered clamshell box with lettered label inset. Limited edition of 75,
each print individually signed and numbered. Mitchell is a contemporary African
American colorist figurative painter of primarily jazz and music subjects. This
is his first original print portfolio. Six signed color etchings with aquatint.
No. 47/75. 20 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches, in original linen covered clamshell box with
gilt lettered leather label inset. 2003. Mint condition. $7,200.00 [Order]
(O'NEAL, MARY LOVELACE A19121)
O'NEAL, MARY LOVELACE. Running Freed
More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did (Signed Lithograph). from Freedom or
Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio. Signed, numbered original lithographic
print. 20-color print. 25 x 20 in.; image size: 23.5 x 16.5 in. Limited edition
of 100. Printed by Alliance Graphics, 1998. Fine impression, in fine condition.
$1,000.00 [Order]
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(PIOUS, ROBERT A18336)
PIOUS, ROBERT. American Negro Exposition
1865-1940 (Original silkcreen exhibition poster). Eye-catching original
silkscreen poster designed for the historic exhibition of African American art
in Chicago, July 4-September 2, 1940. The same image was used in a much-reduced
format for the cover of the exhibition catalogue. Uncommon in any form, but
particularly in such lovely condition. 25 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. Mounted on acid free
board for preservation. 1940. Fine bright impression, in about fine condition.
$1,650.00 [Order]
(POP ART A11722)
Washington, D.C. National Collection of Fine Arts.
Portfolio [7 Original signed numbered prints by Oldenburg, Rivers, Francis,
Bontecou, Chryssa, D'Arcangelo)]. One of the most important Pop Art print
portfolios of the sixties. Contains original limited edition prints by Lee
Bontecou, Chryssa, Alan D'Arcangelo, Sam Francis, Claes Oldenburg (2) and Larry
Rivers. Complete text and a total of 7 signed and numbered prints including
color lithograph, etching, screenprint and collage media. Beautifully printed by
ULAE, Chiron Press, and Mourlot, respectively. Original dark blue linen
portfolio, 30 1/8 x 21 ½ inches (765 x 547 mm). One of 144 numbered copies of a
total ed. of 153. New York, HKL Limited, 1968. All prints in fine condition, in
faintly scuffed original portfolio box. $4,800.00 [Order]
(QUEVEDO A14471)
QUEVEDO, NURIA. Das Leben ist Traum [Signed lithograph
portfolio]. Large print portfolio with titlepage and 9 large full page
lithographs, each sheet individually signed and numbered by the artist,
illustrating poems by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Antonio Machado and Volker
Braun. Nuria Quevedo who was born in Barcelona (1938- ) has lived and worked in
Germany for many decades. The German translations from the Spanish are by
Quevedo and Fritz Rudolf Fries. Signed in the colophon by Quevedo, Fries and
Braun. One of the artist's most important works of the 80's. Royal folio (63 x
40 cm.), clothbound, sheets loose (as issued). Number 9 of the limited numbered
edition of 80. Berlin, Pirckheimer-Gesellschaft, 1989. Fine bright condition.
$850.00 [Order]
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(SAAR, BETYE A14400)
SAAR, BETYE. Bookmarks in the Pages of Life (Print
Portfolio, with individually signed prints). Extraordinary portfolio of six
signed and numbered original serigraph prints, printed on special handmade
paper, conceived as illustrations to six stories by Zora Neale Hurston, also
selected by the artist. Each print individually signed and numbered in pencil by
Saar. Powerful complex collage images created of fabric and old photographs are
here beautifully silkscreened in color and tones of sepia on hand-torn heavy
Rosaspina paper (imbued with cinnamon bark), a paper also specially selected by
the artist. Printed at Drexel Press. Accompanied by Title page, list of print
titles, colophon page. All aspects of this print series supervised directly by
Saar. The images constitute a meditation on African-American identity. Small
folio (16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches), sheets (14 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches) laid in, in
portfolio box covered in coffee-colored raw silk with gilt-stamped brown leather
label. Limited numbered ed. of 75. New York, Limited Editions Club, 2000. Mint,
in mint box. $7,000.00 [Order]
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(SAAR, BETYE A19117)
SAAR, BETYE. National Racism: We Was Mostly 'Bout
Survival (Signed original print). from Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson
Portfolio. 12-color print. Saar's image was originally painted on a washboard in
her series Workers/Warriors: The Liberation of Aunt Jemima. Her image honors the
labor and strength of the washerwoman, one step removed from slavery, and serves
as a reminder that racism remains an enduring thread of our national fabric. 25
x 20 in. Limited edition of 100. Printed by Alliance Graphics, 1998. Fine.
$1,100.00 [Order]
(SAAR, BETYE A17694)
SAAR, BETYE. Return to Dreamtime 1990 [Signed
Intaglio silkscreen]. Brightly colored silkscreen and intaglio, printed to
edges. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil along lower edge. Five-color print.
Printer's mark blind stamped in lower right corner. On BFK Rives paper with
watermark. No. 71 of the limited edition of 75. 29 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches. 1990.
Fine bright impression, in mint condition. $2,250.00 [Order]
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(STAPLES, MARCUS A14455)
STAPLES, MARCUS J., JR. A view along a river
outside Philadelphia (signed oil painting). A small landscape oil painting
on board by an American Pennsylvania artist (1936-1997) who lived and worked in
the Kutztown/Reading, PA area. Self-taught but nonetheless very sophisticated
landscape work. Oil on board (13 x 17 inches). SIGNED by artist lower right
front, and in full on back of board. N.d. (circa 1960's). About fine. $300.00 [Order]
(THRALL, ARTHUR A15608)
THRALL, ARTHUR. Paleograph (Etching and
aquatint). Colored etching and aquatint, printed on heavy wove paper. No. 30
of a total edition of 50. Titled, numbered and signed in pencil along lower
margin. No date (circa late 50s-early 60s). Arthur Thrall (b. 1926) is a
well-known American printmaker. A beautiful complex image with a structure of
geometric horizontal bands in dialogue with elements of arabic calligraphy,
writing and pictographs. In olive, mustard gold, black and shades of charcoal
gray. A beautiful complex etching. [Please note: UPS Shipping for framed art
$35.] Impression: 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Mat opening: 23 x 14 3/4 in. Frame
size: 29 x 20 in. Circa late 1950s. Fine impression, in fine condition. Matted
and framed in silver gilt edged wood frame. $400.00 [Order]
(VAN VECHTEN A19009)
VAN VECHTEN, CARL. Paul Robeson as Othello 1944
(Original vintage photograph). Scarce full-length portrait photograph of
actor Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Robeson first performed the title role in
Othello in London production in 1930, but this photograph probably dates from
his legendary performance in the role for the New York Shubert Theater
production in 1943-1945. The Van Vechten image of Robeson in this role in the
Smithsonian Collection is said to date from 1944 and it is likely that this
image was taken in the same photo session. His Broadway run of Othello is widely
regarded as the longest run of any Shakespeare play. Robeson won the Spingarn
Medal in 1945 for this performance in which Uta Hagen played Desdemona, and Jose
Ferrer played Iago. According to the New York Times, Robeson "gave to the role a
majesty and power that had seldom if ever been seen on the American stage." 9
7/8 x 7 5/8 inches. Studio stamp on verso, pen title and studio negative
markings (AA.VII.19). Additionally dated in pencil: 1 VI 44. 1944. Fine.
$1,000.00 [Order]
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(VAN VECHTEN A16593)
VAN VECHTEN, CARL. Portrait Photograph of MARGARET
BOURKE-WHITE (Vintage silverprint). Atelier stamp on verso: Photograph by
Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West. Also on verso are the usual
holographic notations in ink giving the subject of the photograph and the number
of the negative. Uncommon and important Van Vechten image of renowned American
photographer Margaret Bourke-White at the height of her career as photographer
of the Dust Bowl disaster, in the spring following publication of You Have Seen
Their Faces. [Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant
and estate executor.] [Mauriber, Saul, ed. Portraits: The Photography of Carl
Van Vechten. 1978.] 9-7/8 x 7-5/8 in. Vintage gelatin silver photographic print.
March 24, 1938. Fine. $1,200.00 [Order]
(VILLA, CARLOS A19122)
VILLA, CARLOS. Future Plans 1998 (Signed
original print). from Freedom or Slavery: 5-color print. The Paul Robeson
Portfolio. Villa's image connects Robeson's life with that of his two uncles,
immigrants to the United States for whom the roads were not paved with gold. The
ambivalence of the doors reminds us that the freedom to come to this country
likewise implies the right to leave it. In 1950, after Robeson refused to sign
Harry Truman's "loyalty oath," the State Department revoked Robeson's passport,
stating that his travel abroad would not "be in the interests of the United
States." He fought the government for nearly ten years before his passport was
reinstated. Villa is a San Francisco-based Filipino American artist and art
activist. 25 x 20 in.; image size: 21.5 x 9.25 in. Limited edition of 100.
Printed by Alliance Graphics, 1998. Fine. $300.00 [Order]
(WASHINGTON, EARL M A16168)
WASHINGTON, EARL M. Untitled (Seated
Sleeping Black Female Nude Figure) [wood engraving]. Original woodblock
proof print, by the African American engraver E. M. Washington (1862-1952) who
worked in Detroit, Michigan, from the teens until about 1939. Designed by Eric
Gill and engraved by Washington. Original engraving, dated 1921 in pencil along
lower margin, initialed e.g. lower left. Purchased directly from the
controversial estate of E.M. Washington which was arguably the work of his
grandson. Image size: 3 3/8 x 3 inches; sheet size: 12 x 9 inches. 1921. Fine
dark impression in mint condition. $85.00 [Order]
(WILLIAMS, WALTER H A19426)
WILLIAMS, WALTER H.. Summer Evening 1974
(Original signed woodcut). Original woodcut print. Edition of 10. Numbered,
titled, signed and dated in pencil outside the lower perimeter of the image.
Williams (1920-1998) was an important African American painter and printmaker.
This work is from his best-known series of images. Image size tondo diameter 13
3/4 in.; sheet size:17 1/2 in. square. 1974. Fine. $1,950.00 [Order]
(WILSON, JOHN A19016)
WILSON, JOHN. Down by the Riverside a.k.a. The
Richard Wright Suite (Print Portfolio of 6 individually signed color
etchings). Title page, table of illus., colophon and the complete series of
six dramatic two-color blue and black etchings with aquatint designed to
illustrate James Baldwin's story Down by the Riverside (1938). All prints are
individually numbered and signed by Wilson. The portfolio contains two extra
etchings that were not used in the book and therefore constitutes a complete
record of the artist's work on this project. The LEC print portfolios of the
past fifteen years have always contained the same images as the bound books, so
this portfolio is a noteworthy exception. Six signed and numbered etchings (12
1/4 x 16 inches; 30 x 40.3 cm.), printed on Arches, contained in oblong blue
cloth-covered folding portfolio box, with gilt lettered black leather label
inset. Ed. of 60. New York, The Limited Editions Club, 2000. Mint prints, in
mint box. Suitable for framing. $5,850.00 [Order]
(WOLS A9606)
Sartre, Jean-Paul and WOLS (illus.). Nourritures. Suivi
d'extraits de la Nausee. 57, (1) pp. 3 original drypoint etchings by Wols
hors texte, loosely inserted as issued. The second and most exquisite of Wols'
illustrated editions of Sartre's work. These small semi-abstract prints are
highly frameable fine examples of one of the most important of postwar Europe's
abstractionists. 12mo (20 cm x 15 cm), wraps. No. 187 of 424 copies printed on
uncut vélin Johannot. Paris, Jacques Damase, 1949. About fine, in near-fine
glassine protective d.j. $3,250.00 [Order]
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