Jun 20, 2019 - Sale 2514

Sale 2514 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
JOAN E. BIREN (1944 - )


Mabel Hampton at her desk.

Silver print, the image measuring 7x9 7/8 inches, 17.8x25.1 cm., the sheet 11x14 inches, 27.9x35.6 cm., with Biren's signature, the notation JEB, and edition notation 1/2, in ink, and her copyright hand stamp, on verso. 1978; printed 1997.

Additional Details

This demonstrative portrait captures the Harlem Renaissance dancer and lesbian activist Mabel Hampton among her collection of memorabilia documenting the social movements she fought for. From the exhibition: "Queerly Visible, 1971-1991: The Work of JEB (Joan E. Biren).