(BLACK PANTHERS) Emory Douglas artist When I Spend More Time

Sale 2598 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 469

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(BLACK PANTHERS.) Emory Douglas, artist. When I Spend More Time Fightin the Rats . . . Poster in black and purple, 22 3/4 x 15 inches, on newsprint; folds, minor dampstaining and soiling, heavier soiling on verso. San Francisco, CA, [1970]

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"When I spend more time fightin the rats, than taking care of my children, you know, it makes me realize that I have a right to kill the greedy slumlords who forces me to live in these inhuman conditions. . . . We want decent housing fit for shelter of human beings." Behind the protagonist are an array of Black Panther posters featuring Ericka Huggins, Huey Newton, and Bobby Seale; a rent bill is on her table. This image was also issued as the back cover of the 25 July 1970 issue of the Black Panther Community News Service. Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, page 81. One in OCLC, at the University of Michigan; no other examples traced at auction.