Herman Kofi Bailey Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Herman Kofi Bailey Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 14, 2024
Herman "Kofi" Bailey, 1931-1981, Angela Davis
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Herman "Kofi" Bailey 1931-1981 Angela Davis c. 1968-70 Oil and ink on illustration board 24 x 24 inches (in tondo) signed Bailey produced several images of Davis and he also regularly worked "in the round" when painting portraits. The combination of palette, subject and round composition intensely focuses the viewer's gaze and is highly successful.
Black Art Auction
Apr. 04, 2024
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Sarah.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Sarah. Conte crayon on illustration board, 1978. 533x457 mm; 21x18 inches. Signed and dated in ink, center right. Provenance: acquired from the artist, Miriam Matthews, Los Angeles; thence by descent to a private collection; acquired at Swann Galleries, December 15, 2015, private collection, Florida.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 02, 2023
Herman "Kofi" Bailey, 1931-1981, Angela Davis
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Herman "Kofi" Bailey 1931-1981 Angela Davis c. 1968-70 Oil and ink on illustration board 24 x 24 inches (in tondo) signed Bailey produced several images of Davis and he also regularly worked "in the round" when painting portraits. The combination of palette, subject and round composition intensely focuses the viewer's gaze and is highly successful.
Black Art Auction
May. 20, 2023
Herman "Kofi" Bailey, 1931-1981, Angela Davis
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Herman "Kofi" Bailey 1931-1981 Angela Davis c. 1968-70 Oil and ink on illustration board 24 x 24 inches (in tondo) signed Bailey produced several images of Davis and he also regularly worked "in the round" when painting portraits. The combination of palette, subject and round composition intensely focuses the viewer's gaze and is highly successful.
Black Art Auction
May. 20, 2023
Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931-1981, African Princess
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Herman Kofi Bailey 1931-1981 African Princess 1973 color lithograph 22 x 18 inches signed, titled, dated; dedicated: "To Bill, Love and Struggle, '77"
Black Art Auction
Apr. 06, 2023
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) African Princess.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) African Princess. Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 1973. 660x508 mm; 26x20 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 135/200 in pencil on lower margin. Provenance: gift from the artist, Los Angeles; Julian Bond, Atlanta, GA; thence by descent, private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2023
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Ana.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Ana. Charcoal on illustration board, 584x391 mm; 23x15 3/8 inches. Signed in charcoal, lower right. Provenance: the estate of Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn, Los Angeles, CA. Naomi Caryl (1931 - 2022) was a singer, actress, artist and a longtime collector and patron of the arts in Los Angeles. She was the daughter of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, the financier, philanthropist, and collector of modern art whose gift to the nation of nearly 6,000 works of art established his namesake museum on the National Mall. She also was a longtime friend of Joan Wheeler Ankrum, the founder of the Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles, whose gallery exhibited many African American artists.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2023
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Ruby Dee.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Ruby Dee. Charcoal, sepia ink wash and graphite on cream illustration board, 1968. 762x610 mm; 16x15 1/2 inches (sheet). Signed in ink, lower left, and signed in ink, lower margin. Provenance: the estate of Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn, Los Angeles, CA. Naomi Caryl (1931 - 2022) was a singer, actress, artist and a longtime collector and patron of the arts in Los Angeles. She was the daughter of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, the financier, philanthropist, and collector of modern art whose gift to the nation of nearly 6,000 works of art established his namesake museum on the National Mall. She also was a longtime friend of Joan Wheeler Ankrum, the founder of the Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles, whose gallery exhibited many African American artists. Exhibited: Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, on loan from the Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles March 31 - April 29, 1973, with the labels on the frame back.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2023
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother and Child.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother and Child. Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1973. 581x457 mm; 22 1/4x18 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated "7/26/73" and numbered 65/100 in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: gift from the artist, Los Angeles; Julian Bond, Atlanta, GA; thence by descent, private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2023
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Double Portrait of Julian Bond).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Double Portrait of Julian Bond). Conte crayon on illustration board, 1970. 610x914 mm; 24x36 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: gift from the artist, Atlanta; Julian Bond, Atlanta, GA; thence by descent, private collection. Herman "Kofi" Bailey made this striking double portait of Civil Rights leader and politician Julian Bond when both were living in Atlanta. Beginning in the 1960s, Bailey was often commissioned by Bond and John Lewis to produce artwork to promote the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on posters, pamphlets and book covers. In the late 1960s to mid- 1970s, Bond served six consecutive terms as a state senator in Georgia.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 22, 2023
"African Princess" by Herman "Kofi" Bailey
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Herman "Kofi" Bailey (American, 1931-1981). Lithograph on paper, with green ground to plate area, signed and dated 73, titled, and numbered 26/200 in margin. Also personally dedicated below margin "To Bill, Love and struggle, Kofi Shabazz '77". 22" x 17.75" (plate size), 31.5" x 25.5" (framed). Bailey was a noted African American artist, born in Chicago, studied in Los Angeles, and was associated with many of the leading painters and philosophers associated with the Harlem Renaissance. His images in conte crayon and subsequent lithographs of figures were his best known subjects.
Caza Sikes
Nov. 19, 2022
Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931-1981, Youth and Remake the World
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Herman Kofi Bailey 1931-1981 Youth and Remake the World c. 1976-1978 pair of lithographs Youth lithograph in colors on paper 26 x 20 inches (sheet) signed, titled, dated and inscribed with another print, Remake the World, on green paper, signed and dated 26 x 20 inches (sheet). Provenance: private collection, Los Angeles, CA
Black Art Auction
Oct. 06, 2022
HERMAN KOFI BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Portrait in Green).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HERMAN KOFI BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Portrait in Green). Mixed media on illustration board, circa 1968. 660x508 mm; 26x20 inches. Signed in brown ink, lower right. Provenance: private collection, California; acquired from Swann Galleries on October 5, 2017, private collection, NY.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 04, 2022
Herman "Kofi" Bailey, 1931-1981, Untitled
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Herman "Kofi" Bailey 1931-1981 Untitled c. 1970 Charcoal and conte crayon on illustration board 33 x 24 inches (image) Signed; Inscribed verso, U.N. N.Y. Herman, also known as "H. Kofi Bailey" and "Kofi X", was born in Chicago, but grew up in Los Angeles. He studied at Alabama State University, Howard University and University of Southern California (MFA). Bailey was concerned with a pan-African worldview, and as a visual artist believed that creating images of black people would work universally to embrace and celebrate positive attitudes toward black people (in the case of non-blacks) and be self-affirming (in the case of black people themselves). Bailey studied with Alain Locke, Sterling Brown, and James Porter at Howard, and after graduating was closely associated with figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Kwame Nkrumah (Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, but he spent 10years in the United States studying as a young man). Bailey was best-known for his drawings in charcoal and conte crayon, and the subsequent prints. He exhibited at the High Museum of Art; Spelman College; Delaware Art Museum; and Lewis-Waddell Gallery in Los Angeles.
Black Art Auction
Mar. 12, 2022
Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931-1981, African Princess
Est: $600 - $800
Herman Kofi Bailey 1931-1981 African Princess 1973 lithograph 22 x 18 inches signed, titled, and dated; numbered, 104/200
Black Art Auction
Mar. 12, 2022
Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931-1981, Honeybunch
Est: $600 - $800
Herman Kofi Bailey 1931-1981 Honeybunch 1979 lithograph 20 1/2 x 17 inches signed, dated, numbered, 381/400 dedicated to Varnette Honeywood: "To Lady Varnette , may God be with you always"
Black Art Auction
Feb. 10, 2022
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978): The Two Mélisandes
Est: $200 - $400
Etching in black on wove paper, 1928, signed in pencil; together with After Herman Kofi Bailey (1931-1981): Gabriel, photomecahnical reproduction on paper, with the printed text lower left under the mat; Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939): Les Arts Decoratifs: Plate 55, engraving in black on wove paper, unsigned; and Edward Borein (1872-1945): Taos, etching in black on laid paper, unsigned. 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (sheet), 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (frame), 19 3/4 x 16 in. (sheet), 21 3/4 x 17 3/4 (frame), 18 x 13 in. (sheet), 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (frame), 11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (sheet), 14 x 18 in. (frame).
STAIR
Oct. 26, 2021
Herman "Kofi" Bailey (American, 1931-1981) Poster
Est: $200 - $400
Herman "Kofi" Bailey (American, 1931-1981), Atlanta Voter Education Project Poster, 1970. "Hands that pick cotton...now can pick our public officials. Register and Vote." Civil Rights Movement era poster, forerunner to the Black Lives Matter movement. Framed. Size: 18.5'' x 12'', 47 x 30 cm (sight); 20'' x 13.5'', 51 x 34 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Jul. 22, 2021
H. Kofi Bailey, civil rights voting poster, 1970
Est: $200 - $300
Herman "Kofi" Bailey (American, 1931-1981), "Hands that pick cotton...now can pick our public officials...Register And Vote", Voter Education Project Inc., 18.5"h x 12"w (sight), 20.5"h x 14"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Jun. 08, 2021
Herman Kofi Bailey (1931-1981) United States of America
Est: $800 - $1,500
Herman Kofi Bailey (1931-1981) United States of America,"Woman with Headscarf" ,Charcoal graphite, white chalk and wash , measures 15" x 11" inches
Cutler Bay Auctions
Mar. 02, 2021
Herman Kofi Bailey (1931-1981) United States of America
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Herman Kofi Bailey (1931-1981) United States of America,"Woman with Headscarf" ,Charcoal graphite, white chalk and wash , measures 15" x 11" inches
Cutler Bay Auctions
Dec. 10, 2020
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Prison Closing In (Portrait of Angela Davis).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Prison Closing In (Portrait of Angela Davis). Brown and black conté on cream wove paper, 1971. 1016x762 mm; 40x30 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: private collection, Washington DC; private collection, Maryland.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 14, 2020
Herman "Kofi" Bailey, 1931-1981, Untitled, Charcoal and conte crayon on illustration board, 33 x 24 inches
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Herman "Kofi" Bailey 1931-1981 Untitled Charcoal and conte crayon on illustration board c. 1970 Signed Inscribed verso, U.N. N.Y. 33 x 24 inches (image), 36.5 x 26.5 (board). Herman, also known as "H. Kofi Bailey" and "Kofi Xâ€, was born in Chicago, but grew up in Los Angeles. He studied at Alabama State University, Howard University and University of Southern California (MFA). Bailey was concerned with a pan-African worldview, and as a visual artist believed that creating images of black people would work universally to embrace and celebrate positive attitudes toward black people (in the case of non-blacks) and be self-affirming (in the case of black people themselves). Bailey studied with Alain Locke, Sterling Brown, and James Porter at Howard, and after graduating was closely associated with figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Kwame Nkrumah (Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, but he spent 10years in the United States studying as a young man). Bailey was best-known for his drawings in charcoal and conte crayon, and the subsequent prints. He exhibited at the High Museum of Art; Spelman College; Delaware Art Museum; and Lewis-Waddell Gallery in Los Angeles. 33 x 24 inches
Black Art Auction
Jun. 04, 2020
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Two Women).
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Two Women). Mixed media on Crescent illustration board, 1971. 1016x762 mm; 40x30 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower left recto. Signed, dated and titled in ink on a paper label taped to verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist: private collection, Illinois.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 04, 2019
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother and Child.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother and Child. Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1973. 559x381 mm; 22x15 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated "7/26/73" and numbered 56/100 in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression of this scarce print.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 04, 2018
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Mother and Child).
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Mother and Child). Lithograph on thick wove paper, circa 1970. 375x216 mm; 14 3/4x8 1/2 inches. Artist's proof, aside from an unknown edition. Signed in pencil, lower margin. We have not found an impression of this scarce print at auction in the past 20 years.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 05, 2017
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Portrait in Green).
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Portrait in Green). Mixed media on illustration board, crica 1968. 660x508 mm; 26x20 inches. Signed in brown ink, lower right. Provenance: private collection, California.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 05, 2017
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother Africa.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother Africa. Mixed media on illustration board, circa 1968. 914x737 mm; 36x29 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto. Signed, dated and titled in ink on a paper label taped to verso. Provenance: private collection, California.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2017
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Remake the World.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Remake the World. Lithograph printed in brown and white on buff wove paper, 1973. 298x292 mm; 11 3/4x11 1/4 inches, wide margins. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "To Queen Lady - Love + Strength, Your Son - Herman" with extensive inscriptions in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; Miriam Matthews, Los Angeles; thence by descent to the current owner.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2017
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Sojourner Truth.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Sojourner Truth. Brown and black conté on illustration board, crica 1970-75. 1016x762 mm; 40x30 inches. Signed and inscribed " To Miss M Matthews" in pencil, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; Miriam Matthews, Los Angeles; thence by descent to the current owner.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 05, 2017
A. Kofi Bailey, African-Am., 1931-1981, Portrait
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
A. Kofi Bailey, African-American, 1931-1981, Head of a Woman, graphite and conte crayon, signed. (BLAN8000){TC} Measurements: Sight: 15.5 x 13 Framed: 22.5 x 20 Condition: Slight crease at top and some foxing upper right.
Litchfield Auctions
Dec. 01, 2016
A. Kofi Bailey, African-Am., 1931-1981, Portrait
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
A. Kofi Bailey, African-American, 1931-1981, Head of a Woman, graphite and conte crayon, signed. (BLAN8000) {TC} Property Title: Measurements: Sight: 15.5 x 13 Framed: 22.5 x 20 Condition: Slight crease at top and some foxing upper right.
Litchfield Auctions
Apr. 07, 2016
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Nude Drawing).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Nude Drawing). Conte crayon, brush and brown ink on illustration board, circa 1970. 1016x756 mm; 40x29 3/4 inches. Signed in ink, lower right. Provenance: private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 07, 2016
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Study for Unity).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Study for Unity). Conte crayon, brush and brown ink on illustration board, 1970. 1029x635 mm; 40 1/2x25 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: private collection, New York. Bailey's depiction of a raised arm towards the star and crescent is very similar to the mixed media painting Unity in the collection of Samella Lewis, illustrated in her African-Amerian Art and Artists. Lewis p. 147.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 11, 2016
A. Kofi Bailey, African-Am., 1931-1981, Portrait
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
A. Kofi Bailey, African-American, 1931-1981, Head of a Woman, graphite and conte crayon, signed.(BLAN8000) Low Estimate: 1000 High Estimate: 1500 Measurements: Sight: 15.5 x 13 Framed: 22.5 x 20 Condition: Slight crease at top and some foxing upper right.
Litchfield Auctions
Dec. 15, 2015
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Frederick Douglass.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Frederick Douglass. Conte crayon, brush and brown ink on illustration board, 1979. 660x508 mm; 26x20 inches. Signed and dated in ink, center right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to a private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 15, 2015
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Sarah.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Sarah. Conte crayon on illustration board, 1979. 533x457 mm; 21x18 inches. Signed and dated in ink, center right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to a private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 17, 2015
Herman ''Kofi'' Bailey (1931-1981 Atlanta, GA)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Portrait of an African-American man and woman, signed lower right: Herman Bailey, charcoal on paper under glass, 40'' H x 30'' W, est: $2000/3000.
John Moran Auctioneers
Nov. 17, 2015
Herman ''Kofi'' Bailey (1931-1981 Atlanta, GA)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
''Madonna of Winneba'', signed lower right: Herman Bailey, titled on a gallery label affixed to the backing board verso, charcoal on board under glass, 28'' H x 22'' W, est: $2000/3000.
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 15, 2015
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother and Child.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
HERMAN "KOFI " BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Mother and Child. Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1973. 559x381 mm; 22x15 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated "7/26/73" and numbered 37/100 in pencil, lower margin. Dedicated "From Jane and Howard to Maya and Paul 1/24/74" in ink, lower margin. Pan-Africanist Kofi Bailey gained inspiration and motivation to create art from his social and civic involvement within the African diaspora. Bailey had close ties to political figures who fought racism and colonialism such as Kwame Nkrumah and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He lived in Ghana during the 1960s, which is where many of his artistic and cultural sensitivities were cultivated. Lewis pp. 146-147.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 02, 2015
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) African Trader.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) African Trader. Charcoal and graphite on cream illustration board, circa 1970. 927x700 mm; 36 1/2x27 1/2 inches. Signed and inscribed "Ghana" in graphite, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to a private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 02, 2015
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) African Woman.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) African Woman. Charcoal, ink and graphite on buff illustration board, 1968. 762x610 mm; 30x24 inches (sheet). Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to a private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 29, 2014
* Kofi Bailey, (American, 20th century), Poor People's Campaign, 1968: SCLC
Est: $700 - $900
Kofi Bailey (American, 20th century) Poor People's Campaign, 1968: SCLC lithographic poster 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches.
Hindman
Jun. 10, 2014
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Young Woman from Yoruba.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Young Woman from Yoruba. Charcoal, graphite, white chalk and wash on thin illustration board, circa 1970-75. 762x610 mm; 30x24 inches. Signed in ink, lower center. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to a private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 03, 2013
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Two head studies.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Two head studies. Woman with Headscarf, charcoal and wash on cream illustration board, circa 1970. 381x508 mm; 15x20 inches. Signed in charcoal, lower right * Head of a Boy, conté crayon and charcoal on cream illustration board, circa 1970. 762x508 mm; 30x20 inches. Provenance: private New York collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 14, 2013
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Emma.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Emma. Conte crayon with gouache on wove paper, 1973. 762x610 mm; 30x24 inches. Signed and dated in crayon, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to a private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 14, 2013
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) The Burning Spear.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) The Burning Spear. Charcoal on buff cardstock, 1961. 864x610 mm; 34x24 inches. Signed and dated in black ink, and titled in brown ink, lower right. Provenance: private New York collection. This portrait of Jomo Kenyatta, the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya, dates from when he was released from prison by the British in 1961 after nine years detention during the Mau Mau crises.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 18, 2012
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Boy Reading by Gaslight).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HERMAN "KOFI" BAILEY (1931 - 1981) Untitled (Boy Reading by Gaslight). Color pastels and charcoal on cardstock, circa 1970. 1016x762 mm; 40x30 inches. Signed in crayon, lower right. Provenance: private New York collection.
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