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MARTIN PAKLEDINAZ Bruce Strickland as Percy; Reginald Vel Johnson as Marv; Greg Miller as Helwin. Group of 3 sheets of costume design illustrations, each sheet containing multiple designs, from the play, Inacent Black (1981), 1980. Watercolor, Ink, pen, pastel/paper. Each sheet: 584x375 mm; 23x14 3/4 inches. Signed and dated on each sheet in pencil: "Pakledinaz 10/80." Cellophane taped to recto.
Costumes for the comedic play written by A. Marcus Hemphill. Described as "part burlesque sketch, part gospel service and all silly," the play is focused around an angel named Inacent who is sent by God to bring salvation to an upper-middle-class black family.
Provenance: Collection of Michael Feingold Estate.
Source: Rich, F. (1981, May 7). STAGE: MELBA MOORE IS "INACENT BLACK." The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/07/theater/stage-melba-moore-is-inacent-black.html
