Margaret Burroughs Poster


Item Number: A15

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $350

Online Close: Apr 4, 2025 7:30 PM CDT

Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!


Description

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


Friends - poster, signed and dated by Margaret Burroughs 


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 poster is framed and measures 16" x 22.5". We framed it primarily to protect it during the auction but you may want to reframe, especially since our frame obscures the signature. 


 

Special Instructions

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 4.

  • If you are unable to attend, the item will be available for pick up at Crossroads Fund's Logan Square office after April 15.