Camille Billops Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Camille Billops Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 03, 2024
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) KKK Boutique II.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) KKK Boutique II. Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1996. 299x251 mm; 11¾x9⅞ inches, full margins. From the second edition of 20. Signed, titled, dated, inscribed "2nd Ed." and numbered 8/20 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. The title and subject of this print relate to the satirical film The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks, made by Billops and her husband, James Hatch, in the same year. The film addresses the origins, stereotypes, violent histories, and agendas of racism - pressing viewers to confront their own potential for and participation in prejudice toward people who are different from themselves. Other impressions are in the collections of Emory University and the Library of Congress.
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May. 18, 2024
Camille Billops, 1933-2019, Had I Know(n)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Camille Billops 1933-2019 Had I Know(n) 1973 etching 8-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches (image) signed, dated, AP
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May. 18, 2024
Camille Billops, 1933-2019, For Japanese with Mirrors
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Camille Billops 1933-2019 For Japanese with Mirrors 1975 etching 16 x 12 inches (image) signed, titled, dated, AP
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Apr. 04, 2024
PORTFOLIO FortySquare Portfolio.
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
PORTFOLIO FortySquare Portfolio. Portfolio with four color lithographs on Revere suede paper and complete text, 2012. Each 533x381 mm; 21x15 inches, (sheet), loose as issued. Edition of 40 numbered copies. Numbered 5/40 in pencil on the justification page. Each signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, to support the fortieth anniversary of the Brandywine Workshop. In the original black vinyl-covered portfolio. CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019). Kaohsiung Series #9. Signed, titled, dated 1982, printed in 2012 and numbered 5/40 in pencil, lower margin * BARBARA CHASE-RIBOUD (1939 - ). Le Lit (three panels). Signed, titled, dated and numbered 5/74 in pencil, lower margins, center panel * HOWARDENA PINDELL (1943 - ). Pindell-DNA. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 5/80 in pencil, lower margin * KEITH MORRISON (1942 - ). The Tango. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 5/180 in pencil, lower margin. Another portfolio is in the permanent collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
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Apr. 04, 2024
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Untitled (Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Untitled (Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose). Color offset lithograph, 1992. 762x559 mm; 30x22 inches, full margins. Signed, dated, inscribed "Untitled" " To Elena with my best wishes. Thanks for working on The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks" and numbered 35/100 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. From the Minstrel Series. The lithograph is printed on top of sheet music for the song Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose, 1916, by Raymond Egan and Richard Whiting. Another impression is in the collection of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC, and was included in the exhibition Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop.
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Jun. 14, 2023
CAMILLE BILLOPS (New York/California, 1933-2019), "I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black", 1973., Intaglio, 11.75" x 16.75". Matted 18.25" x 23".
Est: $700 - $1,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS New York/California, 1933-2019 "I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black", 1973. Third state of three. Signed, titled, dated "7/73", numbered 1/50 and inscribed "3rd State" in pencil, lower margin.
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Apr. 06, 2023
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Kaohsiung Series.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Kaohsiung Series. Offset color lithograph, 2012. 495x279 mm; 15 3/4x11 inches, full margins. Signed, dated and numbered 40/40 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. Consigned to support the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia and its legacy endowment campaign.
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Apr. 03, 2023
Camille Billops (American, 1933-2019) Drawing
Est: $300 - $600
Camille Billops (American, 1933-2019) "The Stone House," ink drawing, signed and titled. Framed. Size: 5'' x 7'' (13 x 18 cm). Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist in 2000.
Material Culture
Oct. 06, 2022
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Saying it to You.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Saying it to You. Etching on cream wove paper, 1972. 196x212 mm; 7 3/4x8 3/4 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 5/21 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. Provenance: collection of Anne & Allan Edmunds. Consigned to support the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia and its legacy endowment campaign.
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Mar. 31, 2022
PORTFOLIO Forty Square Portfolio.
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
PORTFOLIO Forty Square Portfolio. Portfolio with four color lithographs on Revere suede paper, 2012. Each 533x381 mm; 21x15 inches. Edition of 40. Each signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. Another portfolio is in the permanent collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Provenance: collection of Anne & Allan Edmunds. The black leather portfolio includes four color lithographic prints that were published to support the fortieth anniversary of the Brandywine Workshop. With the original hard vinyl-covered portfolio including an additional four text panels and colophon sheet. CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019). Kaohsiung Series #9. Signed, titled, dated 1982, printed in 2012 and numbered 7/40 in pencil, lower margin * BARBARA CHASE-RIBOUD (1939 - ). Le Lit (three panels). Signed, titled, dated and numbered 7/74 in pencil, lower margins, center panel * HOWARDENA PINDELL (1943 - ). Pindell-DNA. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 7/80 in pencil, lower margin * KEITH MORRISON (1942 - ). The Tango. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 7/180 in pencil, lower margin. Consigned to support the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia and its legacy endowment campaign.
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Oct. 07, 2021
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) KKK Boutique II.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) KKK Boutique II. Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1996. 533x444 mm; 21x17 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 22/35 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. Provenance: collection of Anne & Allan Edmunds. The title and subject of this print relate to the satiric film The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks, made by Billops and her husband, James Hatch, in the same year. The film addresses the origins, stereotypes, violent histories, and agendas of racism - pressing viewers to confront their own potential for and participation in prejudice toward people who are different from themselves. Other impressions are in the collections of Emory University and the Library of Congress. Consigned to support the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia and its legacy endowment campaign.
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Jun. 04, 2020
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Untitled (Mammy’s Little Coal Black Rose).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - 2019) Untitled (Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose). Color offset lithograph, 1992. 762x559 mm; 30x22 inches, full margins. Signed, dated, inscribed "untitled" and numbered 27/100 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. From the Minstrel Series. The lithograph is printed on top of sheet music for the song Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose, 1916, by Raymond Egan and Richard Whiting. Another impression is in the collection of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC, and was included in the exhibition Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop.
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Apr. 05, 2018
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) Miss Dickinson sitting with Robert Johnson and Papa Gee.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) Miss Dickinson sitting with Robert Johnson and Papa Gee. Glazed ceramic tile mounted on board, 1999. 565x387 mm; 22 1/4x15 1/4 inches. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "NYC" in glaze, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York. This expressive work is the first example of Camille Billops' tiles to come to auction. This imaginative meeting of Southern cultural figures is a scene that Billops also illustrated for the collaborative modern fairytale, The Stone House, A Blues Legend by James V. Hatch, Billops' partner, and Suzanne Noguere, published in 2000. Her prints and sculpture have been exhibited at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, The Chrysler Museum, and The New Museum; other works are in the permanent collections of the Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Museum of Drawers, Bern, Switzerland.
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Apr. 05, 2018
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors. Intaglio on cream Arches paper, 1975. 405x305 mm; 16x12 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 6/50 in pencil, lower margin.
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Oct. 15, 2017
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "The KKK Boutique", 1994
Est: $400 - $600
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "The KKK Boutique", 1994, color lithograph, from an edition of 100, signed, titled, numbered and dated. Size: 30" x 21.75", 76 x 55 cm (sheet).
Material Culture
Oct. 06, 2016
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) 9/11 #4.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) 9/11 #4. Collage on cream wove paper, 2005. 305x305 mm; 12x12 inches. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed "9/11 Series" in ink, lower margin. Provenance: collection of Camille Billops, New York.
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Oct. 06, 2016
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors. Color etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1975. 406x298 mm; 16x11 3/4 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from an edition of 30. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "A/P" in pencil, lower margin.
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Oct. 06, 2016
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black. Intaglio, 1973. 305x432 mm; 12x17 inches, full margins. First state (of 3). Signed, titled, dated, inscribed "1 State" and numbered 3/50 in pencil, lower margin.
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Apr. 30, 2016
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "The KKK Boutique", 1994
Est: $400 - $600
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "The KKK Boutique", 1994, color lithograph, from an edition of 100, signed, titled, numbered and dated. Size: 30" x 21.75", 76 x 55 cm (sheet). Provenance: Bob Brand and Liz Werthan, Philadelphia.
Material Culture
Apr. 30, 2016
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "I Am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black", 1973
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "I Am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black", 1973, intaglio, from an edition of 50 (3rd State), signed, titled, numbered and dated. Size: 13" x 17.5", 33 x 44 cm (sight); 26.5" x 31.25", 67 x 79 cm (frame). Provenance: Bob Brand and Liz Werthan, Philadelphia.
Material Culture
Apr. 30, 2016
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "Mondo Negro III", 2000
Est: $300 - $500
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "Mondo Negro III", 2000, intaglio, from an edition of 20, signed, titled, numbered and dated. Size: 10.5" x 9", 27 x 23 cm (sight); 21.5" x 17.5", 55 x 44 cm (frame). Provenance: Bob Brand and Liz Werthan, Philadelphia.
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Apr. 30, 2016
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "Mondo Negro I", 2000
Est: $300 - $500
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933) "Mondo Negro I", 2000, intaglio, from an edition of 20, signed, titled, numbered and dated. Size: 10.25" x 8.75", 26 x 22 cm (sight); 21.5" x 17.5", 55 x 44 cm (frame). Provenance: Bob Brand and Liz Werthan, Philadelphia.
Material Culture
Jan. 03, 2016
Camille Billops, "Untitled" Pencil Signed Intaglio
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933- ), "Untitled"-1974, intaglio on cream wove Arches paper, pencil signed and dated lower right margin "C. Billops 1974", titled in pencil lower center, limited edition noted in pencil lower left margin "7/20", published by the Printmaking Workshop, New York, with blind stamp lower right. Figural print depicting a dynamic scene with nude woman at right, a figure walking with a stylized object in hand and a person on a wheeled vehicle. Framed approximately 19.5" x 21.75". Sight size of sheet within floating frame approximately 12.3" x 15.25". Provenance: From the Private Collection of Benno & Babette Rothschild, Columbus, Georgia.
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Jan. 03, 2016
Camille Billops, "KKK Boutique", Signed
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Camille Billops (American, b. 1933- ), "The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks"-1993, color etching on paper, pencil signed and dated lower right margin, limited edition noted in pencil lower left margin "28/35". Work depicting a man and woman in hats and fashionable clothes under banners with text advertising film reading "A FILM BY CAMILLE BILLOPS JAMES HATCH" and "THE KKK BOUTIQUE" above "AINT JUST REDNECKS". The work relates to a film of the same title written, produced and directed by Billops and Hatch commenting on the dynamics of racism in America. Framed approximately 26" x 19.25". Sight size approximately 18.6" x 12.5". Provenance: From the Private Collection of Benno & Babette Rothschild, Columbus, Georgia. Note: Billops is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, publisher and professor. She and her husband, James Hatch, co-founded the Hatch-Billops Collection in New York City, New York which contains an extensive archive of African American cultural history objects and reference materials.
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Jun. 10, 2014
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black. Intaglio, 1973. 300x430 mm; 11 3/4x17 inches, full margins. Third state (of 3). Artist's proof, aside from an edition of 50. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "3rd State A.P." in pencil, lower margin.
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Oct. 18, 2012
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors. Intaglio printed in blue on cream wove paper, 1975. 400x305 mm; 15 3/4x12 inches, full margins. Second state. Signed, titled, inscribed "State II" and numbered 12/30 in pencil, lower margin. A very good, dark impression.
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Feb. 16, 2012
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I'm Black, I'm Black, I'm Dangerously Black.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I'm Black, I'm Black, I'm Dangerously Black. Etching, 1973. 305x432 mm; 12x17 inches, full margins. First state (of 3). Signed, titled, dated "6/73," numbered 1/50 and inscribed "1st State" in pencil, lower margin. A very good, dark impression of this rare print.
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Feb. 23, 2010
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors. Color etching and aquatint, 1975. 405x305 mm; 16x12 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, from the edition of 75. Signed, titled, inscribed "A.P." and numbered 9/75 in pencil, lower margin. A very good, inky impression.
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Feb. 23, 2010
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black. Intaglio, 1974. 300x430 mm; 11 3/4x17 inches, full margins. Third state (of 3). Artist's proof, aside from an edition of 50. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "A.P. 3rd State" in pencil, lower margin. A very good, dark impression.
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Feb. 17, 2009
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese with Mirrors. Intaglio on cream Arches paper, 1975. 405x305 mm; 16x12 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, before the edition print in 1996. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "A.P." in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression and early printing of this scarce print.
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Oct. 07, 2008
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) Untitled.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) Untitled. Intaglio on cream wove paper, 1974. 163x222 mm; 6 5/8x8 3/4 inches, wide margins. Arches watermark. Signed, inscribed "Untitled" and numbered 16/20 in pencil, lower margin. Published by the Printmaking Workshop, New York, with a partial blind stamp lower right. A very good impression of this scarce print.
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Feb. 19, 2008
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese With Mirrors.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) For Japanese With Mirrors. Color etching and aquatint, 1996. 405x305 mm; 16x12 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, from the edition of 75. Signed, titled, inscribed "A.P." and numbered 9/75 in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression. This print is included in the collection of the Library of Congress and was exhibited in the exhibition Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, with the following description: "versatile artist Camille Billops, also known as cofounder of the Hatch-Billops Archives of Black American Cultural History in New York, created multiple versions of this work, including one in red, white, and blue. Combining image and text to explore notions of race, identity, and nationalism, Billops includes a reverse image of a Japanese poem which begins: "The blue-eyed black face and the slant-eyed kinky-haired/ dancing between gardens of racial purity; eating sushi and corn bread and listening to funky koto music. . . ."
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Feb. 06, 2007
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CAMILLE BILLOPS (1933 - ) I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black. Etching and aquatint, 1974. 300x430 mm; 11 3/4x17 inches, full margins. Third state (of 3). Signed, titled, dated, inscribed "Third State" and numbered 15/50 in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression of this scarce print. Camille Billops is an award winning visual artist, documentary film maker and art historian. Her etchings are in the Library of Congress, and were in the exhibition Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn''s Printmaking Workshop. Her films have been shown on Public Television and at the Museum of Modern Art; Finding Christa won the Grand Jury Award at Sundance. She and her husband James Hatch, Professor of English at CCNY, co-founded the Hatch-Billops Archives of Black American Cultural History, a collection of visual materials, oral histories, and thousands of books chronicling black artists in the visual and performing arts.
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