Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 134

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(ART.) ADEN, BARNETT. Six unused postcards from the 1940 American Negro Exposition in Chicago. [together with] An unused ticket to the Exposition. The post cards show: Tanner Hall Art Galleries, general view of the Negro Exposition, part of the agricultural exhibit, two from the Catholic Church exhibit and a scene from 'Chimes of Normandy,' a lavish musical production. Chicago, 1940

Additional Details

Some very rare images of the American Negro Exposition. The Tanner Gallery was curated by Barnett Aden of Howard University, who as a result of this exposure was asked to deliver several curatorial lectures at the National Gallery.