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Lot # Icon Artist Description Price7 Mavis Pusey (1928-2019) Broken Construction at Twilight, 1977

lithograph 24 x 19 inches (image) full margins signed, titled and numbered, 4/20

$4,375

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10 Barbara Jones-Hogu (1938-2017)

If I Lost My Way, 1966 etching 20 x 16 inches, full margins signed, dated, and titled.

A poem written in pencil by the artist in the margin (see supplemental catalog entry on website for the text of the poem).

$1500

12 Ray Grist (b. 1939) Seated, 1974 oil on canvas 36 x 30 inches signed, titled, dated

$2,500

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14 Emma Amos (1938-2020) The Beach, 1987 pastel and watercolor on paper 29 x 28 inches signed, titled, and dated

Provenance: Private collection, Maryland.

$37,500

19 Charles Sallee, Jr.(1913-2006)

Untitled (Nude), 1975 charcoal drawing on paper 22 x 16 1/2 inches signed and dated

$875

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46 William Anderson (b. 1932) Dream, 1975 silver gelatin print 14 1/2 x 10 inches (image) 17 3/4 x 13 inches (sheet) signed verso with Orangeburg, SC

$1,250

47 William Anderson (b. 1932) One Minute to Rest, 1968 silver gelatin print 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches (sheet) signed verso, with #2 and Lorman, Mississippi

$1,250

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49 Lionel Lofton (b. 1954) Untitled (Portrait of a Woman and Plant), 1994 ink and watercolor on paper 28 1/2 x 21 inches (image) signed and dated

$1,875

50 John Anansa Thomas Biggers (1924-2001)

Untitled (Wash Day), 1969 conté crayon and graphite on paper 41 1/4 x 29 3/4 inches (full sheet) signed and dated

Provenance: the artist to private collection, thence by descent, Morgan Iglehart Ross, Houston, Texas.

$93,750

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52 Edward L. Loper, Sr. (1916-2011)

Untitled, Delaware River, c. 1960s watercolor and crayon on paper 17 x 21 inches signed

$1,875

57 Frederick D. Jones, Jr. (1913-1996)

Horse and Rider, c. 1960 enamel on metal 7 x 5 inches initialed

Provenance: private collection, Chicago, IL

$1,250

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68 Alexander Skunder Boghossian (1937-2003)

Untitled, 1978 Acrylic and metallic paint on tar paper laid down on board (original) 43 x 28 inches Signed and dated.

Provenance: the artist to Dr Robert Galloway, Houston, Texas

$9,375

72 Sargent Johnson (1888-1967)

Untitled, Acrobat, c. 1940s glazed terra cotta 3 1/2 x 6 x 1 3/4 inches signed in interior

Provenance: Arthur C. Painter, a friend of the artist, who worked with Johnson in the WPA in San Francisco. Thence by descent to Painter's granddaughter, Noel LaChance.

$3,125

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73 Mavis Pusey (1928-2019) Broken Construction at Dusk, 1977 lithograph 24 x 18 3/4 inches (image) full margins signed, titled and numbered, 4/20

$4,375

74 Thom Shaw (1947-2010) Untitled, c. 2000 acrylic on canvas 81 1/4 x 64 1/2 inches signed on stretcher verso

Provenance: the estate of the artist to private collection, Cincinnati, OH

$3,750

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81 Michael Cummings (b. 1945)

James Baldwin: Born Into a Lie #4, 2019 Fabric quilt with applied hair combs, plastic fleur-de-lis, and buttons 70 x 54 inches signed and dated

$33,750

83 William Edouard Scott (1884-1964)

Bathers, c. 1930 oil on masonite 30 x 25 inches signed

$9375

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90 Otto Neals (b. 1931) Torso, 1992 bronze with blue/green and brown patina on a wooden base 23 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 inches (bronze) 1 x 7 x 18 inches (base only) signed and dated, Neals 92

$16,250

104 DeVoice Berry (b. 1937) Young Fisherman, 1971 charcoal and graphite on paper 34 1/2 x 44 inches signed and dated, framed Exhibited: Los Angeles 1972: A Panorama of Black Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 8-March 19, 1972. Entry #6, Young Fisherman, listed in the catalog for the exhibit. Provenance: private collection, Los Angeles, CA.

$9,375

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105 Walter Sanford (1912-1987)

Untitled, 1958 mixed media on board 20 x 16 inches signed and dated, 10/58 Provenance: private collection, Kansas City, MO

$3,000

106 Renee Stout (b. 1958) What the Oracle Said, 2020 archival pigment print 14 x 11 inches (image) 19 x 13 inches (sheet) signed, titled, dated and numbered 10/18

$1.250

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107 Benny Andrews (1930-2006)

Haiti I, 1992 color intaglio monoprint with extensive collage on wove paper 41 1/2 x 29 inches (sheet) signed, titled, dated and titled in pencil printed and published by Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA

$5,937.50

108 Charles McGee (1924-2021)

Portrait of a Woman, 1952 oil on masonite 12 1/2 x 11 inches signed and dated

Provenance: the artist to a private collection, Detroit, MI, thence by descent to present owner

$5,625

111 Charles Lilly (b. 1949) Peabo Bryson, c. 1980s acrylic and airbrush on illustration board 23 x 30 inches signed

Provenance: private collection, Chicago, IL

$437.50

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117 Emilio Cruz (1938-2004) untitled, Figures, 1983 pastel on Arches paper 22 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches signed and dated

$2,125

120 Frederick J. Brown (1945-2012)

Madonna, 1983 oil on linen 42 1/4 x 34 1/4 inches signed, titled and dated verso

Provenance: the artist to Davis McLain Gallery, Houston, TX (1983) to private collection, Houston, TX

$20,000

121 Sargent Johnson (1888-1967)

Untitled, Beaver, c. 1940s glazed terra cotta 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches x 1 1/2 (h) fully signed in interior

Provenance: Arthur C. Painter, a friend of the artist, who worked with Johnson in the WPA in San Francisco. Thence by descent to Painter's granddaughter, Noel LaChance.

$2,000

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128 Harlan Jackson (1918-1993)

Piscatorial, c. 1950 oil on canvas 18 x 38 inches signed and titled

$10,625

134 Dawoud Bey (b. 1953) A Woman With Hanging Overalls, 1978 Carbon pigment print on acid free Hanhemühle Rag paper 6-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) signed, dated, and numbered 1/15 verso

from the Harlem USA portfolio, printed by Black Point Editions, Chicago, 2005, from photographer’s original negatives and vintage prints.

$5,000

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138 James Denmark (b. 1936) untitled, Head of a Woman, c. 1980 charcoal drawing on paper mounted to linen (original) 11 x 8 1/2 inches signed

$1,000

142 Simone Leigh (b. 1967) Premye, 2011 color photograph made with archival pigments on fine art rag paper 16 x 20 inches Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, signed and numbered 20/75

$750

153 Herb Gentry (1919-2003) Take the Water Please, 1983 oil on canvas 19 1/4 x 23 5/8 inches signed and dated; titled verso

$5,625

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157 Dewey Crumpler (b. 1949) Nine, 2009 mixed media construction, white and black Styrofoam, acrylic, acid-etched glass 10 x 10 inches signed, titled, dated verso original frame

Provenance: Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA to private collection, Los Angeles, CA

$750

161 Roger Murphy (20th century)

Evander Holyfield, c. 1980 gelatin silver print 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches signed

$312.50

165 Randell Henry (b. 1958) Dancers, 1981 acrylic and collage on canvas 46 3/4 x 38 inches signed, dated, and titled

$4,062.50

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172 Marion Perkins (1908-1961)

Head of a Man, c. 1950 carved wood sculpture 12 x 6 x 6 inches (sculpture only, not including base) initialed

Provenance: the artist to a friend, private collection, Chicago.

$6,250

189 Michael Cummings (b. 1945)

Rock de Cradle, Joe, 1999 Illustration for the book, In the Hollow of Your Hand fabric collage 24 x 24 inches signed, titled, and dated verso

$5,625

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190 Mavis Pusey (1928-2019) Mobile Images, c. 1970 etching and aquatint on wove paper 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (image) full margins signed and titled, with AP

$4,375

195 Charles A. Young (1931-2005)

Big Jones, 1975/1980 oil on canvas 44 x 36 inches signed; titled and dated (and revised date) verso original, artist-made lattice style frame

Provenance: the estate of the artist.

$8,750

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196 LeRoy Clarke (b. 1938) Mask, 1977 color screenprint 22 x 19 inches (image) 27 x 21 3/4 inches (sheet) signed, titled, dated and numbered 141/150

$750

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