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RICHMOND BARTHÉ (1909 - 1989)
Untitled (Man Playing a Mandolin).
Woodcut on cream wove paper, 1936. 135x89 mm; 5
3
/
8
x3
1
/
2
inches, full margins. Signed in black
ink, lower margin. A very good, dark impression.
The sculptor designed a selection of greeting cards in the 1930s, including one depicting his bronze,
Blackberry Woman
, the first piece by an African-American artist acquired by the Whitney Museum
of American Art.This is Barthé’s first print to come to auction.Vendryes p. 56.
[2,000/3,000]