Description: 🎨 Title: “GUINEA PRINCESS” by Miguel Covarrubias 🎨 Medium: Lithograph 🎨 Year: 1928 🎨 Dimensions: 8x10 inches 🎨 Condition: The artwork has been matted with two acid-free beveled mats on each side, providing a professional and protective presentation. The mat and backing board are brand new. 👑 Description: The front side of the lithograph depicts a seated figure with traditional attire, including jewelry and headgear. The background features an abstract pattern that adds depth to the composition. The artist’s signature “COVARRUBIAS” is visible at the bottom right corner of the lithograph. The back side of the lithograph Foulah Chief depicts two individuals; one is standing, holding a spear, and another is sitting. Both individuals are wearing robes; the standing individual’s robe is plain while the sitting one has a checkered pattern at the bottom. The background features minimalistic design elements, with lines creating a sense of depth. 👨🎨 Artist Bio: Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist, and art historian. Along with his American colleague Matthew W. Stirling, he was the co-discoverer of the Olmec civilization. Covarrubias’s caricatures and illustrations have been featured in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines. He was also a designer of sets and costumes for the theater, including Caroline Dudley Reagan’s La Revue Negre starring Josephine Baker.
Price: 125 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2024-08-16T00:52:25.000Z
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Artist: Miguel Covarrubias
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Miguel Covarrubias
Size: Medium
Item Length: 10 in
Region of Origin: New York, USA
Framing: Matted
Year of Production: 1928
Item Height: 10 in
Style: Afrofuturism, Black Folk Art, Colonial, Figurative Art, Folk Art, Illustration Art, Primitivism, Protest Art, Realism, Urban Art
Features: 1st Edition
Culture: African
Item Width: 8 in
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
Signed: Yes
Period: Art Deco (1920-1940)
Title: Guinea Princess / Foulah Chief
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Africa, African American, American History, Black history, History, Ships, Slave ship, Slavery, Slaves
Type: Print
Theme: Architecture, Art, Continents & Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, History, Maritime, People, Social History
Production Technique: Lithography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
