Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ART.) [White, Charles.] The Workshop of Graphic Art portfolios "Yes, the People" and "Negro U.S.A.," with another print by White. A total of 38 prints by various artists including 5 by White; folio, generally minor wear. New York, 1948-49

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"Yes, the People! Workshop Prints Number One." 10 prints, 14 x 9 inches, plus title page, introduction leaf by Leonard Baskin, and ad leaf, loose as issued in original printed portfolio. Moderate wear to portfolio, minimal wear to contents; includes two prints by Charles White, "Mexican Woman" and "Mexican Boy," as well as others of African-American subjects. New York: Workshop of Graphic Art, [1948] "Negro U.S.A.: A Graphic History of the Negro People in America" (Workshop Prints No. 2). 27 prints, 14 x 9 inches, plus title page and introduction leaf by Herbert Aptheker, in original printed portfolio. Portfolio worn, minor wear to contents; includes two prints by Charles White, "Our War" and "Negro U.S.A." (the latter also appearing on the portfolio), one by Roy DeCarava, with the others all of African-American subjects. New York: Workshop of Graphic Art, [1949] Print of Charles White's 1949 "The Trenton Six," 10 x 14 inches, with no signature, caption or date, union label in lower right corner.