AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART  October 18, 2012

Sale total: $1,268,502 with Buyer’s Premium

Estimates for sale as a whole: $2,098,200 – $3,044,800

154 lots offered; 107 sold (69% sell-through rate by lot)

Top lots Prices with buyer’s premium

1. Charles White, Songs of Life, pen and ink on board, 1953-54. $144,000

2. Norman Lewis, Magenta Haze, oil on canvas, 1947. $96,000

3. Lewis, Untitled (Circular Procession of Figures), oil on canvas, 1953. $90,000

4. Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ and Nicodemus (Early Study), oil on cardstock, circa 1923. $90,000

5.  Tanner, Flight Into Egypt, oil on wood panel, circa 1916-22. $84,000

6. Allan Rohan Crite, Douglass Square, oil on board, 1934. $36,000

7. Tanner, Head of Christ, crayon and pencil drawing. $36,000

8. William Edouard Scott, When the Tide Is Out, oil on canvas, 1932. $36,000

9. Palmer Hayden, Racetrack, St. Cloud, Paris, oil on canvas, circa 1927-28. $33,600

10. Alvin D. Loving, Jr., Untitled (Cube), acrylic on canvas, circa 1969. $32,400