Charles Wilbert White

Lot 84 CHARLES WILBERT WHITE (american, 1918-1979) "I HAVE A DREAM" 1976, pencil signed, dated, titled and numbered 96/125, the full sheet, presumably published by the Graphic Arts Council, Los Angeles Museum of Art, (with their blindstamp). Lithograph on Arches. sheet: 22 3/8 x 30 1/4 in. (56.8 x 76.5cm) Estimate $3,000-5,000 With the Cirrus editions chopmark bottom left . A few very soft handling creases, otherwise in very good, original condition. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman's Conditions of Sale. Sold for $2,800

CHARLES WHITE (1918 - 1979) Untitled (The Dreamer - a Portrait of Dorothy Dandridge). Felt tip pen and brown ink on textured cream wove paper, 1951. 594x457 mm; 23 3/8x18 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: Connie Carmichael (later Constance Cole); by descent to Mrs. Rumbo, New York; Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A. Marion; Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles, with the label on the frame back; private Los Angeles collection. This drawing, which was once identified as Dorothy Dandridge, is an unusual drawing by Charles White--a large, rather loose sketch in ink from the early 1950s. Estimate $20,000-30,000

CHARLES WHITE (1918 - 1979) John Henry. Linoleum cut on tissue-thin Japan paper, mounted on board, 1944. 305x229 mm; 12x9 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated, numbered 4/12 and inscribed "Prints" in pencil, lower margin. A very good, dark impression of this extremely scarce print. Provenance: The Barnett Aden Gallery, Washington, DC, John and Mediel Hoskins (brother-in-law and sister of Delilah Pierce); the estate of Delilah Pierce; thence by descent to the current owner. We have found no other impressions of this print at auction in the past 20 years. Estimate $8,000-12,000

Lot 556 Charles White (1918-1979) MELINDA Etching, 1969, signed, dated, titled and numbered 16/25 in pencil, scattered foxing, some printer's ink in the margins and verso, otherwise in good condition, with full margins, framed. 10 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches; 276 x 556 mm. Sheet 18 x 27 inches; 457 x 686 mm. C Estimate $2,000-3,000 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

CHARLES WHITE (1918 - 1979) Awaiting His Return . Lithograph, 1946 . 402x310 mm; 15 3/4x12 1/4 inches, wide margins . Proof, aside from an edition of approximately 25 . Printed by the artist at the Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City . A very good, dark impression of this very scarce print . Provenance: gift from the artist; private collection, New York, thence by descent to the current owner . Awaiting His Return was printed in Mexico in 1946 after Charles White finished his military service and the end of the war permitted a safe passage abroad . This impression is dated 1945, and others have even been dated as early as 1943, presumably due to the wartime subject--an African-American woman seated near a banner of the Gold Star, a husband's or son's medal of bravery . This is the first unsigned proof, and only the third impression of this lithograph, to come to auction . We have located only two other known impressions--in The David C . Driskell Collection, University of Maryland, and Howard University Gallery of Art, Howard University, Washington, DC . Gedeon Ea4 . Estimate $6,000-9,000