WITH 28 SIGNED PRINTS BY ARTIST RICHARD YARDE
Richard Yarde's The Savoy Ballroom.
[Massachusetts]: Savoy Associates, 1986.
Price: $3,750.00
About the item
Moser, Barry. First edition, signed; limited to 400 copies. Designed by Barry Moser. Unsewn folio sheets printed in red and black type,illustrated with 14 color plates, each signed in pencil; with an extra suite of 14 signed color plates; [viii], 104 pp. Portfolio (40 by 31 cm). WITH 28 SIGNED PRINTS BY ARTIST RICHARD YARDE. A fine copy in publisher's clamshell box (with art deco design). The publisher's quarter-leather clamshell box, with attractive art deco design on spine, has slight fading and rubbing on spine, else fine.
Item #325309
African-American artist Richard Yarde (1939-2011) is considered one of the most accomplished American watercolorists of his generation. His work is found in numerous public collections, including MoMA, Studio Museum of Harlem, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), etc. When discussing his watercolor studies of musicians and dancers at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, Yarde stated: "The Savoy became a source of creativity, joy and strength to me which I want to share and honor." Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, in 1982, presented a travelling exhibition "Savoy: An Installation by Richard Yarde", also shown in San Diego, Baltimore and The Studio Museum, Harlem.
