Jun 09, 2005 - Sale 2046

Sale 2046 - Lot 71A

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
WILBERT WARREN
Three sketchbooks.

Pencil illustrations bound in hardcover sketchbooks, 1938. Each 180x125 mm; 7x47/8 inches. Each signed and inscribed "The Art of the African is always the art of his tribal or religious life -- 'Bey, "All passes, ART alone stays untiringly to us -- Orient" and "A man should read a little poetry; Hear a little music; and see a fine picture every day of his life -- Goethe" on the inside cover and "Sketches from Life" on the opening page in ink.