Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 218

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) MISSISSIPPI. Welcome to Mississippi. Mob Violence (original artwork). Black ink, with white paint touches; poster 14 1/2 x 12 inches on artist's board; mounted on a black matte. Np: 'The Blade,' 1959
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Original design for a poster, showing a highway sign reading 'Welcome to Mississippi,' with a muddy footprint titled 'Mob Violence.' The matte bears a title 'When the People Beat Their Feet. The Blade, 5-1-59.' Mississippi was the scene of a great deal of the violence against civil rights workers.