"OF THE SOUL OF BLACK AFRICA AND ITS AMERICAN REINCARNATION, OF ANCIENT MYTH AND CONTEMPORARY REALITY"
(BIGGERS, John T.) ANGELOU, Maya. Our Grandmothers. (New York): Limited Editions Club, (1994). Large folio (17-1/2 by 22 inches), original dark red cloth; housed in original matching cloth slipcase. $2500.
Signed limited first edition, number 346 of 400 copies signed on the limitation page by both Maya Angelou and artist John T. Biggers, with five striking large lithographs by Biggers.
For this Maya Angelou poem, "Biggers has created five monumental lithographs that synthesize his concepts of the soul of Black Africa and its American reincarnation, of ancient myth and contemporary reality" (Limited Editions Club newsletter). With LEC newsletter laid in.
Fine condition.