Lot #1839: ALVIN HOLLINGSWORTH - Lonely Woman - Original color woodcut

 

Artist: Alvin Hollingsworth (American, 1928-2000).
Title: "Lonely Woman".
Medium: Original color woodcut.
Date: Composed c1960.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16 in. (273 x 217 mm). Image size: 8 7/16 x 6 3/8 in. (214 x 162 mm).
Lot Note(s): Initialed in pencil, lower right; editioned (HC) in pencil, lower left; initialed in the plate, lower left. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream stiff wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Comment(s): Born in Harlem, Alvin Carl Hollingsworth, whose pseudonyms included Alvin Holly, was an African-American painter and printmaker and one of the first black artists in comic books. Image copyright © The Estate of A.C. Hollingsworth. [23301-2-150]