Feb 23, 2010 - Sale 2203

Sale 2203 - Lot 89

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ADEMOLA OLUGEBEFOLA (1941 - )
Burden of Injustice.

Woodcut on thin imitation Japan paper, 1968. 349x559 mm; 13 3/4x22 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 30. Signed, titled and inscribed "Artist Proof" in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression of this scarce print.

Illustrated: Tradition and Conflict, Images of a Turbulent Decade, 1963-73, Studio Museum in Harlem, p. 71.

This woodcut is the first print by the artist to come to auction.