Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 270

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ENTERTAINMENT--THEATER.) Poster for the Black Arts Movement play "A Black Time for Black Folk" by Ed Bullins. Color poster, 22 x 17 inches; moderate wear including horizontal folds and 3/4-inch closed tear. New York, 28 August [1970]
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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 Bill Howell (1942-1975). No other examples have been traced in OCLC or at auction.