Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 181

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(BLACK PANTHERS.) [Douglas, Emory; designer.] A group of posters for Malcolm X Day, Justice for Huey Newton, and more. 12 posters, each about 17 x 11 inches or 20 x 14 inches, printed in black on various colors of paper; a few with folds or minor wear. [Oakland, CA?]: Emory's Community Printing and Graphics, 1977-78 and undated

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Each one bears the imprint of Emory's Community Printing and Graphics, the business run by the Black Panther Party's longtime illustrator and Minister of Culture. The posters are for a mix of serious cultural events and disco concerts. "Malcolm X Day", 21 May [1978] "B & D Productions Presents a Real Mother For Ya Fashion Show and Dance," 17 September 1977 "East Bay Regional Entertainment Consultants Presents the Greg Long Special in an Easter Extravaganza," 26 March [1978] "Harlan County U.S.A. . . . Benefit Showing for Committee for Justice for Huey P. Newton," illustrated with a very small Panther logo, 19 March [1978] "Les Petite Fleurs Civic and Social Club Presents Saturday Night Fever," 28 May 1978 "Disco '77 . . . Oakland Auditorium Ballroom," 15 October 1977 "Zodiac Youth Organization and E.B.R.E.C. Present a Night of the Bay Area's Best Talent," 22 July "London Disco Presents Rose Royce, Confunk Shun," 12 February 1978 "The Santa Clara Valley Black Caucus Presents the First Annual Cultural Revival," 14 August 1977 "Pan African Student Board U.C. Berkeley African History Month," 23 February 1978 (2 copies) and "There's Going to be a Rock 'n Roll Rhythm 'n Blues Explosion at Keystone Berkeley, the Mary Wells Show," 3 February 1978. with--a poster for the Second Annual Cultural Festival, 24 February [1978], in a different style and without the Emory imprint.