Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

Yeffe Kimball (1914-1978) was an Osage Indian woman from Oklahoma who also painted under her married name, Slatin. This work was apparently produced in 1936 and then was exhibited widely in 1966 and 1967 as her rep- utation grew. It was part of her one-woman show sponsored by the Center for Arts of Indian America in Washington, DC (Arizona Republic, 26 February 1967). INSCRIBEDTO MAYA ANGELOU 84 c   (ART.) Lawrence, Jacob. “. . . and the migrants kept coming.” Pages 102-109. Article disbound from an issue of Fortune Magazine, 14 x 11 inches; first leaf detached and worn, minor wear to the remainder; inscribed by Lawrence on page 103: “For Maya Angelou, Jacob Lawrence 1/9/87.” NewYork, November 1941 and 1987 [250/350] This article featured 26 color illustrations from the 60-panel “Exodus” series by artist Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), in one of the earliest prominent showcases offered to an African-American artist in a white magazine. 83 84 83 c   (ART.) Kimball,Yeffe. Head of a Negro. Oil painting on board, 10 1 / 4 x 8 1 / 4 inches, in contemporary frame; unsigned, but captioned in manuscript on verso with typed label giving exhibit history. Np, 1936 [300/400]