Lot 297
  • 297

James Karales (1930-2002) and Ernest Withers (1922-2007)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • James Karales (1930-2002) and Ernest Withers (1922-2007)
  • SELECTED CIVIL RIGHTS IMAGES
  • 3 Gelatin silver prints
2 photographs, comprising Non-Violence Training and Rev. Joseph Lowery and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, SCLC, each signed and the first dated and annotated and the second editioned '2/35' in pencil on the reverse, 1960s, the second printed later (2)

Provenance

Non-Violence Training:
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York 1999

Rev. Joseph Lowery and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, SCLC:
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, 1998

Condition

These prints are in generally very good to excellent condition. Non-Violence Training, 1960s - This early print, on double-weight paper that has a slight waviness at the left and right edges, is in generally excellent condition. It is signed James H. Karales, numbered/dated '60,' and is annotated 'Vintage' in pencil on the reverse. It is numbered '2' and 'PF9935' in pencil, also, on the reverse. Rev. James Lowery and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, SCLC, 1968 - This later print is in generally excellent condition. It is signed, editioned '2/35,' and numbered 'CR 307 R3 F1' in pencil on the reverse.
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