(ENTERTAINMENT THEATER) Poster for the Black Arts Movement

Sale 2598 - Lot 271

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(ENTERTAINMENT--THEATER.) Poster for the Black Arts Movement play "Duplex: A Black Love Fable in Four Movements" by Ed Bullins. Poster, 22 x 17 inches; minimal wear. New York, 22 May [1971]

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The New Lafayette Theatre was a New York focal point of the Black Arts Movement. Ed Bullins (1935-2021) was the playwright in residence, working with the theater's director and founder Robert Macbeth. The art for this poster was by Weusi Artist Collective member Ademola Olugebefola. While he is uncredited on the poster, he was credited for the same cover art when the play was published in 1971. No other examples have been traced at auction.