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Rather than paraphrase I copied this from Tayari Jones’ blog. The auction still has between 5 and 6 days to run. Help if you can:
Let’s Help The Dunbar Village Survivors!
The ebay auction is up! Go there now to bid on manuscript critiques by me, George Saunders, Nichelle Tramble, Sarah Schulman, Laila Lalami, Joy Castro, [...]
UPDATED: Swann Galleries African-American Fine Art auction
ANOTHER RECORD-SETTING AUCTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART ATSWANN GALLERIES ON FEBRUARY 19
Artist Records Set for Aaron Douglas, Elizabeth Catlett, Beauford Delaney, Hale Woodruff andOther Well-Known Artists
New York—Swann Galleries’ third auction of African-American Fine Art on February 19 was their largest and highest-grossing sale of that category to date, bringing in more than $2.7 million. Once [...]
and did I really think for a brief moment I could bid on this?
(Happy to hear it sold above estimate; I noticed whoever wrote the catalog used my text. Funny. Go, Maudelle!)
BEULAH WOODARD (1895 – 1955) Maudelle.
$7000to$10000
Sold for $12000
Sale 2122 Lot 5
BEULAH WOODARD (1895 – 1955)Maudelle.
Fired terra-cotta painted brown, with white and green additions, circa 1937-38. Approximately 305×310×202 mm; 12×12 1/4×8 inches. Indistinctly incised initials “BW” [...]
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