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EMMA AMOS (1937 - 2020) Howardena.
Silk aquatint printed in brown on cream wove paper, 1991. 342x254 mm; 13 1/2x10 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, possibly unique, with no recorded edition in the artist's archives. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "Artist's Proof" in pencil, lower margin.
This image is incorporated into Emma Amos's print Howardena's Frame, etching, aquatint, monotype, chine-collé‚ and African fabric collage, 1991, from her Falling Figures series. Emma Amos made a number of works that include portraits of artists and friends whom she admired, including Faith Ringgold, May Stevens, Kay Walkingstick, and Pindell. A different portrait of Pindell is also included in the assemblage Women and Children First: Howardena's Portrait 1990.
