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DINDGA MCCANNON (1947 - )
Georgette
.
Color linoleum cut on
japon nacré
, 1972. 343x308 mm; 13
1
/
2
x12
1
/
8
inches, full margins.Artist’s proof,
aside from an edition of unknown size. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed “A/P #11” in red ink,
lower margin.
Born and raised in Harlem, Dindga McCannon is a truly versatile artist. She is a painter, printmaker,
fashion and jewelry designer, quilter/textile artist, author and illustrator. McCannon knew she
wanted to be an artist from an early age, learning to sew from her mother and grandmother as a
child. McCannon chose not to attend traditional 4 year college for art but studied printmaking at
Bob Blackburn’s PrintmakingWorkshop, a discipline she would later go on to teach to others, and
engaged in private study with artists including Richard Mayhew,Al Holligsworth and Charles Alston.
Dindga later became a member of the Weusi Artist Collective and in 1971 became a founding
member of Where We At, Black Women Artists, Inc., which provided a showcase for black women
artists. Other members of the collective included Faith Ringgold andVivian Browne among others.
Also during her career, McCannon illustrated three books by EdgarWhite, and wrote and illustrated
two books of her own,
Peaches
and
Wilhemina Jones, Future Star
.This vibrant print is one of the first
works by McCannon to come to auction. King-Hammond p. 157.
[1,000/1,500]
