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"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P)
"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P)

"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P), 1970s

$920Sale Price|20% Off

H 16 in W 12 in D 0.03 in

"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P)

Located in Soquel, CA

"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P) Clean and modern drypoint etching of a

Category

1970s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

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Listening to Bessie Smith
Listening to Bessie Smith

Listening to Bessie Smith

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Woody Gruber (1946-2022) Listening to Bessie, 1975. Etching on paper, plate measures 7 inches h

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Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist

By Charles Alston

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in a Red Dress is thought to be Bessie Smith, whom he drew many times when she was recording and

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The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a bessie smith in our inventory may begin at $920 and can go as high as $15,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,500.