Mar 30, 2023 - Sale 2631

Sale 2631 - Lot 101

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(ART.) "Afri-COBRA III" exhibition catalogue. [32] pages. Oblong 4to, 7 x 12 inches, original illustrated wrappers, light soiling and a stain on rear wrapper; minimal wear to contents. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts, September 1973
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Exhibition catalogue for the third of three touring exhibitions launched by the AfriCOBRA art collective between 1970 and 1973. This is the most important primary source on the group's founding and early work. It includes a lengthy introduction on "The History, Philosophy and Aesthetics of Afri-COBRA" by founding member Barbara Jones-Hogu. It also contains 19 black and white illustrations of artworks, plus photographic portraits and short personal statements for the ten artists, including Wadsworth Jarrell, Jae Jarrell, Gerald Williams, and others.

With--a later AfriCOBRA catalogue: "AfriCOBRA, Esthétique Universelle / Universal Aesthetics, Groupe Fromaje." [11] pages plus 14 loose color illustrated double-sided sheets on individual artists. 12 x 9 inches, minor wear. Includes American artists such as Wadsworth Jarrell, and introduces 5 artists from Martinique known as the Fromaje Group. Washington: Gallery of Art, Howard University, 1989.