Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 275

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MALCOLM X.) David Mosley, artist. Emancipation. Poster, 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches; edge wear including loss in margins at two corners, closed puncture just above Malcolm X's head; not examined out of frame. Np, 1969
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In the foreground is a representation of Thomas Ball's paternalistic 1876 Emancipation Memorial, criticized by Frederick Douglass at its unveiling and often resented since. Looming larger in the background is Malcolm X, who appears to be addressing President Lincoln sternly. Only one other example traced, at the Library of Congress, naming the artist as Mobley.