Oct 07, 2008 - Sale 2156

Sale 2156 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 9,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
PORTFOLIO
Impressions: Our World Volume I.

Portfolio with complete text and 7 etchings on Arches paper, 1974. Each 765x565 mm; 30x22 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

One of 35 numbered copies, from a total edition of 47. Numbered 2/35 in pencil on the justification page. Each signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/35 in pencil, lower margin. Signed, dated "Nov, 1975" and dedicated "For Pauline and Michael Klasfeld" in pencil by Romare Bearden on his introductory page. Printed by Mohammed Khalil, Linda Swanson and Mary Unger. Published by the Printmaking Workshop, New York.

Includes prints by EMMA AMOS, BENNY ANDREWS, VIVIAN BROWNE, ELDZIER CORTER, NORMAN LEWIS, VINCENT SMITH and JOHN WILSON. With the original black linen-covered portfolio. Very good impressions of these scarce prints.