Where We At; Black Women Artists Inc Cookin and Smokin Where

Sale 2704 - Lot 65

Price Realized: $ 688

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

Where We At; Black Women Artists, Inc.
Cookin' and Smokin' Where We At: Black Women Artists, 1972.
New York: Weusi-Nyumba Ya Sanaa Gallery, [December 1971.]

Self-published illustrated broadside advertising a show at the gallery's 158 West 132nd Street location scheduled for January 2 through January 20, 1972; featuring the work of Carol Blank, Kay Brown, Carol Byard, Gylbert Coker, Jerrolyn Crooks, Iris Crump Pat Davis, Doris Kané, Mai Mai Leabua, Dindga McCannon, Onnie Millar, Charlotte [Ka] Richardson, Faith Ringgold, Ann Taksley & Jean Taylor; illustrated with a wonderful collage of black-and-white photo portraits of each artist; (old pin holes, closed tear, bottom corners dog-eared); 14 x 10 3/4 in.

"Where We At Black Women Artists, Inc. (WWA) was a collective formed in New York as a response to the lack of racial articulation within the Feminist art movement. These fierce artists confronted the issues they were exposed to as women of color while being neglected by the male-dominated Black as well as the mainstream art world. [...] The initiative was aimed to support Black female independence and embodiment, African heritage, and the unification of the Black family in the light of contemporary social conditions. Furthermore, the WWA was thought of as the platform to empower African-American women by allowing them to express themselves and their aesthetic freely and without convictions." (For more see Balasz Takac's 19 March 2025 article on the collective in Artsper Magazine: https://blog.artsper.com/en/a-closer-look/where-we-at-a-revolution-of-black-women-artists/)

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Poster for an exhibition at the Weusi-Nyumba Ya Sanaa Gallery in Harlem, featuring work by Faith Ringgold, Ann Tanksley, Dindga McCannon, and many others. Portraits of 13 of the artists are shown. None others traced in OCLC or at auction.