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Charles White's 'Love Letter' for Angela Davis Featured on Forthcoming 2019 African American Art Calendar
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Charles White’s ‘Love Letter’ for Angela Davis Featured on Forthcoming 2019 African American Art Calendar

by Victoria L. Valentine on May 1, 2018 • 2 Comments
  CHARLES WHITE, “Love Letter,” 1971   SHORTLY AFTER ‘CHARLES WHITE: A RETROSPECTIVE’ opens at the Art Institute of Chicago, a 2019 wall calendar will be released featuring his work. Published by Pomegranate in collaboration with the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), the African American art calendar features Charles White‘s “Love Letter” (1971) on the...
Ebay Live Auctions Debut with Swann African American Art
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Ebay Live Auctions Debut with Swann African American Art

by Victoria L. Valentine on Oct 9, 2014 • No Comments
  BROWSING EBAY, LOTS FEATURING Hale Woodruff, Alma Thomas, Jacob Lawrence and Kara Walker appear. Better known for selling collectibles, resale designer clothing and used books and magazines, eBay is launching a live bidding product with several New York auction galleries today. An offering of African American Fine Art at Swann Galleries is the debut...
Culture Talk: Swann's Nigel Freeman on Early African American Art
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Culture Talk: Swann’s Nigel Freeman on Early African American Art

by Victoria L. Valentine on Feb 11, 2014 • 2 Comments
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART MARKET experienced a sea change seven years ago when Swann Auction Galleries began dedicating sales to African American fine art. Few auction records existed for African American artists at the time. Most sales were handled privately by galleries and dealers, making values hard to discern because prices were not disclosed to...

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