May 10, 2016 - Sale 2414

Sale 2414 - Lot 242

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
EMORY DOUGLAS (1943- ) "REVOLUTION IN OUR LIFETIME" / [BLACK PANTHER PARTY.] 1970.
20 1/2x13 3/4 inches, 52x35 cm. San Francisco.
Condition A: slight creasing and abrasions in margins. Paper.
Douglas was the primary illustrator and revolutionary artist for the Black Panther Party, serving as its Minister of Culture from the group's inception in 1967 through its disbanding in the 1980s. His illustrations ran frequently in the Black Panther newspaper and he also designed many posters for the group. This image first appeared in the Black Panther newspaper on November 8, 1969. It is interesting to note that in many of Douglas' illustrations and posters, the central figures are wearing buttons whose messages or text contain an additional element of protest. Douglas cover and p. 222 (var).