(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]
(BAKER, J A13963)
BAKER, JOSEPHINE (Vintage Photograph). JOSEPHINE BAKER in her role in The Flame Of Paris. Vintage film still photograph, c.1925. One of Baker's most important starring show roles during the Twenties. Striking image. Sheet size 10 x 8 1/8" (image: 8 3/4 x 7 1/4"), signed by photographer in the negative. c.1925. 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 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 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]
(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.)
$1,800.00 [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 ˝ x 12 3/4 inches. 1986. Fine dark impression, wide margins (brief crinkle near lower right corner of margin, well away from image.)
$2,800.00 [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.
$2,275.00 [Order]
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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.
$2,250.00 [Order]
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(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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(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 [Order]
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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). 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.
$1,850.00 [Order]
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(GROOMS A16263)
GROOMS, RED. RED GROOMS Discount Store 1971 (Original Print - Inscribed with ink drawing). Large horizontal screen print in black, yellow, orange and purple. Signed, dated (1971) and inscribed with small drawing of a dog in ink lower right corner. A wonderful complex panoramic image of the bustling street that housed the Bernard Myers Gallery. [Alexander/Cowles 9.] Screenprint, 11 1/8 x 28 7/8 inches. Edition of 500 aside from the numbered edition of 100 on Arches. New York, John Bernard Myers Gallery, 1971. Fine impression, in very good condition, still bright, with several very mild vertical dents from having been stored rolled for many years. Now flattened out nicely for framing.
$400.00 [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]
(HECKEL A17285)
HECKEL, ERICH. In der Muschelstube II 1916 (Original Lithograph). Original lithograph, printed on velin. WWI image of a girl at an oyster bar. Signed and dated in the stone: Gent 1916. Verso of sheet has original lithograph by August Gaul. Published in Der Bildermann I. Jg. (1919-1920). [Dube L229 I B (II).] 281 x 204 mm. Loose sheet. 1916. About fine.
$475.00 [Order]
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(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.
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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.
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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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(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. N.p., 1953. Fine.
$775.00 [Order]
(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.
$875.00 [Order]
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(MARTIN, PERCY A17585)
MARTIN, PERCY. Blue Angel (Signed aquatint). Striking moody image. Turquoise blue and black aquatint 13 ž 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 ž 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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(MASEREEL A14664)
Roland, Romain and FRANS MASEREEL illus. Johann Christoph (with 5 additional signed woodcuts). Unnumbered copy but containing the full set of 5 additional original woodcut prints, individually SIGNED in pencil by Masereel, loosely laid in, that were specially created for the numbered Vorzugsausgabe ed. of 100. 5 Vol. set: 364, 466, 383, 410, 451 pp., 16 full-page illus., 590 in-text illus. Text in German. 4to (28 x 20 cm.), full linen binding with gilt stamped leather spine labels, Roland's name stamped in red on covers, d.j. First German ed. Berlin, Rütten & Loening, 1959. All 5 vols. in fine condition, dustjackets in near fine to moderately worn condition; all prints are fine impressions in near fine condition.
$525.00 [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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(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 ˝ 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]
(SAAR, BETYE A14400)
SAAR, BETYE. Bookmarks from the Pages of Life (Print Portfolio). 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 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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(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.
$1,200.00 [Order]
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(WASHINGTON, EARL M A16524)
WASHINGTON, EARL M. Untitled (Erotic Flower Image) 1931 [Signed wood engraving]. Original woodblock print by the Detroit African American engraver E. M. Washington (1862-1952) who worked in Detroit, Michigan, from the teens until about 1939. SIGNED and dated 1931 by Washington in pencil along lower left margin. Purchased directly from the controversial estate of E.M. Washington which was arguably the work of his grandson. Image size: 5 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; sheet size 12 x 9 inches. 1931. Fine.
$120.00 [Order]
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(WASHINGTON, EARL M A16168)
WASHINGTON, EARL M. Untitled (Seated Sleeping Black Nude Figure) [wood engraving, after Eric Gill]. 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]
(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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