Oct 08, 2009 - Sale 2189

Sale 2189 - Lot 56

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
J. EUGENE GRIGSBY, JR. (1918 - )
No Vacancy.

Woodcut, 1964. 406x292 mm; 16x11 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 35/50 in pencil, lower margin. A dark impression.

No Vacancy is the first work by artist, educator, activist and diplomat Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby to appear at auction. Grigsby's work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the Milwaukee Museum, WI, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, Arizona State University and Ohio State University.