Sale 2487 - African-American Fine Art, October 4, 2018

5 c RICHMOND BARTHÉ (1909 - 1989) Untitled (Head of a Man) . Painted plaster, circa 1928-30. Approximately 444 mm; 17 1 / 2 inches high. Incised artist’s signature on the base, rear edge. Provenance: acquired at Kaminski auctions, Beverly, MA; private collection, New York (2013). This large plaster head is an early portrait by Richmond Barthé. In 1928, he made similar life- size heads in a series of portraits, including Henry Ossawa Tanner , Touissant L’Ouverture , Booker T. Washington and Paul Lawrence Dunbar , all in painted plaster. [7,000/10,000]