SHELBY MCPHERSON (Dates unknown) Black Sports Magazine. Two editorial illustrations relating to contracts and salaries for African-American athletes. Watercolor, acrylic, and graphite on paper. The largest measures 570x400 mm; 22 1/2x15 3/4 inches, sheet. Signed in full, lower image. The second measures 325x330 mm; 12 3/4x13 inches, image, on slightly larger sheet. A painted-over segment still shows the ghost of a title: "The Magazine for Today's Black College Student." Signed on verso. Both matted.
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