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[African-Americana] Gellert, Hugo. Portrait of Paul Robeson. Lithograph
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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[African-Americana] Gellert, Hugo. Portrait of Paul Robeson

No place, no date. Lithograph on paper, signed by Gellert in pencil, lower right. Mat burn. 17 3/4 x 14 7/8 in. (451 x 378 mm). In mat and in frame, 18 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (476 x 400 mm).

Gellert's (1892-1985) portrait of Paul Robeson (1898-1976) was originally featured in a 1928 New Yorker profile of the actor and activist.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
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