Vintage Posters, Prints & Works on Paper
Sat, Nov 14, 2020 12:00PM EST
Lot 736
Chained Hands. Los Angeles, 1971. Designed by Robert Carl C...
Estimate: $80 - $125
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Chained Hands. Los Angeles, 1971. Designed by Robert Carl Cohen. 22 ? x 17?. Unmounted. Light creases in image. In 1972 Cohen published ?Black Crusader,? an autobiography of Robert Franklin Williams, the first Black American to advocate in favor of armed self-defense. A passage in the autobiography references police chaining Williams? hands during his trial for participating in a sit-in, as a form of intimidation to the greater Black community.
