Crossroads Fund – Seeds of Change Online/Silent Auction 2024
Auction Ends: Apr 5, 2024 07:30 PM CDT

Art

Margaret Burroughs Print

Item Number
A35
Estimated Value
2000 USD
Sold
2200 USD to mg6f67da0

The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to Crossroads Fund (tax ID 363092907) on behalf of the winner.

Number of Bids
13  -  Bid History

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Item Description

Crossroads Fund friends Jim and Janet Fennerty were close to artist and activist Margaret Burroughs and were gifted many beautiful prints. They have generously donated one to the auction:

Faces in the Style of Picasso - linocut print, signed and dated by Margaret Burroughs in 2007

Margaret Burroughs is recognized for her work as an artist, educator, and institution-builder. Though she lived and worked in Chicago for much of her life, Burroughs exerted a global impact on African American artistic and cultural heritage as a founder of the South Side Community Art Center, an organization that continues to serve as a gallery and workshop space for artists and students on Chicago's South Side, and the DuSable Museum of African American History.

As an artist, Burroughs worked in many mediums, including sculpture and painting, but she is most renowned as a printmaker. Working primarily with linoleum block prints, Burroughs crafted a lasting body of art that includes striking images of African American leaders, history, and ordinary life. Her work is held by many major museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago. (from Poetry Foundation's website)

This lovely print is framed and matted and measures 22" x 27" (framed). 

 

Item Special Note

Item will be available for pick up in one of two ways:

  • If you are attending the event, you can pick up at the end of Seeds of Change on April 5.
  • If you are unable to attend, the item will be available for pick up at Crossroads Fund's Logan Square office after April 15.