Reginald (1921) Gammon Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Reginald (1921) Gammon Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 14, 2024
Reginald Gammon, 1921-2005, Harlem on My Mind
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Reginald Gammon 1921-2005 Harlem on My Mind 1969 c-print 14 x 11 inches stamped with the artist's name and address in Kalamazoo, Michigan verso; also bears stamp verso from Acts of Art, 15 Charles Street, New York. Acts of Art was owned by Nigel Jackson (a Black gallerist) and famously hosted the exhibit, Rebuttal to the Whitney Museum Exhibition: Black Artists in Rebuttal in 1971. Reginald Gammon superimposes an image of his own painting of the boxer Jack Johnson over the entrance and exhibition banner of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's controversial exhibition Harlem on My Mind. The Black Emergency Cultural Coalition was organized in January 1969 in response to the exhibition's exclusion of art and omission of the contributions of African American artists. As one of the founders, alongside Benny Andrews and Cliff Joseph, Gammon was a leading voice in the artists' protest against the Met and later the Whitney Museum of American Art, and in their call for more representation of African American artists and curators within art institutions. This image is in the collection of the Harvard Art Museum.
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Oct. 03, 2024
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Remembering J.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Remembering J. Offset lithograph on Somerset paper, 2001. 757x545 mm; 29¾x21½ inches (sheet). Printer's proof, aside from the edition of 80. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed "P/P" in pencil, lower edge. Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, with the blind stamp lower left.
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Sep. 14, 2024
Reginald Gammon, 1921-2005, Alienation
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Reginald Gammon 1921-2005 Alienation 1965 acrylic on canvas 42 x 32 inches signed and dated. Gammon was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of the Industrial Arts (1941, 1946-1949) , Tyler School of Fine Art and Temple University (1950-1951). He also served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946. Gammon was a figure painter first and foremost. His early works, such as Alienation, The Scottsboro Boys, Harlem 66, Scottsboro Mothers, and Freedom Now (recently included in the exhibition Soul of a Nation, Art in the Age of Black Power) are powerful, somewhat angry images; the artist uses color sparingly to accentuate the message and lessen any decorative element. In fact, the 1965 exhibit of works by artists in the group Spiral (of which Gammon was a member), was titled, First Group Showing: Works in Black and White (1965). Gammon exhibited at Brooklyn College (1968); Minneapolis Institute of Art (1968); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970); Studio Museum in Harlem; Martha Jackson Gallery; Philadelphia Civic Center; Flint Institute of Art; Rhode Island School of Art; Everson Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Art; and the Atlanta University Annuals, among other venues. Gammon was also a member of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, established by Benny Andrews and Cliff Joseph. He participated in the protest exhibition at Acts of Art Gallery, Rebuttal to the Whitney (1971), and had a solo show there in 1974. Additional reading: African American Art and Artists, Samella Lewis; African-American Art, Sharon F. Patton; In the foreword to the Spiral exhibition catalog of 1965, it states: â It will be apparent that the works do reflect varying feelings and approaches to art: several reveal that the artistâs eyes were fed by nature; another, the painterâs basically emotional response; works of Reginald Gammon and Merton Simpson are configured with violent images of conflict; in contrast, the graphics of Bill Majors are lyrical and richly textured; Hale Woodruffâs painting, despite a surface freedom, has deliberate exactitude and design.â The estate of the artist.
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Oct. 19, 2023
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Harlem On My Mind.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Harlem On My Mind. C-print, 1969. 356x279 mm; 14x11 inches. Signed, titled and dated "3/69" in ink, lower right verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Philadelphia. Gammon used this photographic image to create the screenprint Harlem On My Mind, 1969, which was printed in an edition of 25. In this striking photomontage and protest artwork, Reginald Gammon superimposes his painting of the boxer Jack Johnson over the entrance and exhibition banner of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's controversial exhibition Harlem on My Mind. The Black Emergency Cultural Coalition was organized in January 1969 in response to the exhibition's exclusion of art and omission of the contributions of African American artists. As a co-founder with Benny Andrews, Gammon was a leading voice in the artists' protest against the Met and later the Whitney Museum of American Art, and in their call for more representation of African American artists and curators within art institutions. Born in Philadelphia, Reginald Gammon was a painter and printmaker, best known for his figurative works based on the Scottsboro Trials, and other African-American heroes like Johnson and jazz musicians. Gammon was also an early member of the Spiral Group where he encouraged Romare Bearden's experimentation with collage and photostat which lead to his breakthrough photomontage projections in 1964.
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Oct. 22, 2022
Reginald Gammon St. Louis' Blues
Est: $500 - $1,000
Reginald Gammon (American, 1921-2005) St. Louis' Blues, 2004 Etching on paper ed. 1 of 20 Signed and dated in pencil Reginald Gammon '04, lower right Titled in pencil, lower left. Image measures 8.75 x 6.875 (in).
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Mar. 12, 2022
Reginald Gammon, 1921-2005, Remembering
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Reginald Gammon 1921-2005 Remembering 2001 lithograph 30 x 21-1/4 inches (sheet and image) signed, titled, dated (7/2001) numbered 1/80
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Mar. 12, 2022
Reginald Gammon, 1921-2005, King Oliver and Satchmo
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Reginald Gammon 1921-2005 King Oliver and Satchmo 2003 lithograph 14 1/2 x 20 inches (full margins) signed, titled and dated numbered 1/10
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May. 22, 2021
Reginald Gammon, 1921-2005, Still Life with Rhododendron
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Reginald Gammon 1921-2005 Still Life with Rhododendron 1955 oil on canvas 36 x 18 inches signed
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Nov. 14, 2020
Reginald Gammon, 1921-2005, Alienation, acrylic on canvas, 42 x 32 inches
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Reginald Gammon 1921-2005 Alienation acrylic on canvas 1965 Signed and dated. Gammon was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of the Industrial Arts (1941, 1946-1949) , Tyler School of Fine Art and Temple University (1950-1951). He also served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946. Gammon was a figure painter first and foremost. His early works, such as Alienation, The Scottsboro Boys, Harlem 66, Scottsboro Mothers, and Freedom Now (recently included in the exhibition Soul of a Nation, Art in the Age of Black Power) are powerful, somewhat angry images; the artist uses color sparingly to accentuate the message and lessen any decorative element. In fact, the 1965 exhibit of works by artists in the group Spiral (of which Gammon was a member), was titled, First Group Showing: Works in Black and White (1965). Gammon exhibited at Brooklyn College (1968); Minneapolis Institute of Art (1968); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970); Studio Museum in Harlem; Martha Jackson Gallery; Philadelphia Civic Center; Flint Institute of Art; Rhode Island School of Art; Everson Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Art; and the Atlanta University Annuals, among other venues. Gammon was also a member of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, established by Benny Andrews and Cliff Joseph. He participated in the protest exhibition at Acts of Art Gallery, Rebuttal to the Whitney (1971), and had a solo show there in 1974. Additional reading: African American Art and Artists, Samella Lewis; African-American Art, Sharon F. Patton; In the foreword to the Spiral exhibition catalog of 1965, it states: â€œ It will be apparent that the works do reflect varying feelings and approaches to art: several reveal that the artistâ€™s eyes were fed by nature; another, the painterâ€™s basically emotional response; works of Reginald Gammon and Merton Simpson are configured with violent images of conflict; in contrast, the graphics of Bill Majors are lyrical and richly textured; Hale Woodruffâ€™s painting, despite a surface freedom, has deliberate exactitude and design.â€ 42 x 32 inches
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Feb. 14, 2013
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Untitled (Still Life with Pewter Pitcher).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Untitled (Still Life with Pewter Pitcher). Oil on cotton canvas, circa 1950. 610x762 mm; 24x30 inches. Signed in oil, lower left. Provenance: Bill Hodges Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; private collection. This still life is a scarce example of an oil painting by the artist made just after his move to New York in 1948. Born in Philadelphia, Reginald Gammon was a painter and printmaker, best known for his figurative works based on the Scottsboro Trials, and other African-American heroes such as the boxer Jack Johnson and jazz musicians. Gammon was also an early member of the Spiral Group who encouraged Bearden's breakthrough with his collage and photomontage projections in 1964. He later picketed the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art with Benny Andrews and other African-American artists in 1969; their Black Emergency Coalition called for more inclusion of black artists and curators.
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Feb. 06, 2007
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Attorney Samuel Leibowitz and the Scottsboro Boys
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Attorney Samuel Leibowitz and the Scottsboro Boys Mezzotint printed in brown ink, 2000. 252x197 mm; 9 7/8x7 3/4 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/12 II in pencil, lower margin. Printed by New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuerquerque, N.M., with the blind stamp lower right. From the Scottsboro series. A very good impression of this scarce print. Gammon was one of the founders of the New Grounds Print Workshop in 1996.
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Feb. 06, 2007
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Haywood Patterson, Scottsboro Boy.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Haywood Patterson, Scottsboro Boy. Pencil on wove paper, 1969. 365x230 mm; 10 1/2x9 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: Ex-collection the artist; the artist''s estate, and New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Born in Philadelphia, Reginald Gammon was a painter and printmaker known for his figurative works based on the Scottsboro Trials, and other black heroes such as the boxer Jack Johnson and jazz musicians. He later picketed the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art with Benny Andrews and other black artists in 1969; their Black Emergency Coalition called for more inclusion of black artists and curators.
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Feb. 06, 2007
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Jamaica.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
REGINALD GAMMON (1921 - 2005) Jamaica. Tempera and gouache on paper, 1963. 363x260 mm; 14 1/2x11 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: Ex-collection the artist; the artist''s estate and New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, N.M. An early example of the artist''s illustration work made just before the formation of the Spiral Group. An early member with Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Richard Mayhew in 1963, Gammon was one of the young black artists who added more political and social themes to their works in response to the struggles of the period.
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