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Wes Wilson, Howlin’ Wolf, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Harbinger Complex at the Fillmore, April 21-23, 1967, 1st edition

WES WILSON USA
Howlin’ Wolf, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Harbinger Complex at the Fillmore April 21-23, 1967
Marked: Wes Wilson #60 Creative Lithograph Co. ©1967 Bill Graham
H: 23 ¾” x W: 14”
Wes Wilson, Howlin’ Wolf, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Harbinger Complex at the Fillmore, April 21-23, 1967, 1st edition
WES WILSON USA
Grateful Dead, Big Mama Mae Thornton at the Fillmore December 9-11, 1966
Marked: © 1966 Wes Wilson 41, printing by West Coast Lithograph Co. SF
H: 21 7/8” x W: 14”
S O G A T A New York, NY
“Costume for a String Quartette” 1930
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Signed: COSTUME FOR A STRING QUARTETTE. SOGATA. LONDON: 1930. ESPECIALLY FOR CARL VAN V. with script signature (in pencil on lower left and beneath image)
For contextual history and similar art see: Rhapsodies in Black : Art of the Harlem Renaissance,(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997); Harlem Renaissance Artists. Jordan, Denise (Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003).
Paper H: 14 7/8″ x W: 10 7/8 ”
Image H: 14″ x W: 10 1/2″
Frame H: 20 1/2” x W: 17 1/4”
*This SOGATA New York Watercolor and pencil on paper has been gifted to The Wolfsonian – FIU, Miami Beach, FL.
Carl van Vechten (1880-1964), to whom this artwork is dedicated, was an influential novelist, critic, and photographer in New York during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. His role in the Harlem Renaissance is well-documented. Van Vechten also introduced Miguel Covarrubias, a caricaturist and contemporary of Sogata, to prominent Manhattan artistic and society circles.
S O G A T A New York, NY
“Harlem: Five Aces” 1931
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Signed: SOGATA, HARLEM 1931 (painted, lower right corner of image); HARLEM: FIVE ACES. (in pencil beneath image on left)
For contextual history and similar art see: Rhapsodies in black : art of the Harlem Renaissance, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997); Harlem Renaissance Artists. Jordan, Denise (Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003).
Paper H: 14 7/8″ x W: 10 7/8 ”
Image H: 11″ x W: 7 1/2″
Frame H: 19” x W: 15 1/4”
*This SOGATA New York Watercolor and pencil on paper has been gifted to The Wolfsonian – FIU, Miami Beach, FL.
ROBERT FRIED USA
The Charlatans, Buddy Guy, North American Ibis Alchemical Co. at the Avalon Ballroom September 22-24, 1967
Marked: Fried 67 (in script), © Family Dog Productions 639 Gough Street San Francisco, Calif. 94102
H: 19 15/16” x W: 14”