Apr 06, 2023 - Sale 2632

Sale 2632 - Lot 76

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981)
Ana.

Charcoal on illustration board, 584x391 mm; 23x153/8 inches. Signed in charcoal, lower right.

Provenance: the estate of Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn, Los Angeles, CA. Naomi Caryl (1931 - 2022) was a singer, actress, artist and a longtime collector and patron of the arts in Los Angeles. She was the daughter of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, the financier, philanthropist, and collector of modern art whose gift to the nation of nearly 6,000 works of art established his namesake museum on the National Mall. She also was a longtime friend of Joan Wheeler Ankrum, the founder of the Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles, whose gallery exhibited many African American artists.