May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 128

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(BLACK PANTHERS.) Douglas, Emory; artist. Untitled portrait of the revolutionary poet and playwright Leroi Jones or Amiri Baraka. Poster, 22 x 17 inches; moderate dampstaining, staple holes, light wrinkling, 2 short closed tears in margins, tape remnants on verso. [Oakland, CA]: [Black Panther Party], circa September 1968

Additional Details

A poster sold to benefit the Panthers. Made from one of "the first drawings that Douglas made as he transitioned from the Black Arts Movement to the Black Panther Party"--Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, page 179.