Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 151

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ART.) BREWER, JOHN MASON. Aunt Dicey Tales. Snuff Dipping Tales of the Texas Negro. Frontispiece, vignettes and 14 full-page illustrations from woodcuts, by John Biggers. Xi, 1-80, [i], pages, 4to, original green soft leatherette binding stamped in gilt. Austin, TX, 1956

Additional Details

Number 377 of 400 copies, signed by John Mason Brewer. A collection of Texas folk tales illustrated by John Biggers (1924-2001). Biggers was one of the first African American artists to travel to Africa to familiarize himself with actual African design and symbolism. Only the second copy we have seen of this work.