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Complete personal archive from the estate of Derrick Joshua Beard — one of the foremost collectors of African Americana in the United States. Named to Art and Antiques magazine Top 100 Collectors in 1994 and 2005. His Sankofa Exhibition toured nationally and his holdings are documented at the Smithsonian Institution and the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University. His artwork sold at Doyle New York for $17,500. He died July 23, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This lot was sourced directly from Beard's personal holdings and represents his working archive as a collector, dealer, and artist. Every major piece carries his direct provenance. SEPARATE CINEMA CATALOG OF POSTERS NO. 10 — Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra cover, produced by Globe Poster Corp., Chicago, William Morris Agency booking. Interior documents hundreds of Black cinema race film posters with individual valuations and includes a traveling exhibit notice referencing the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis. Mailed directly to Derrick Beard, Derrick Joshua Beard Fine Arts, PO Box 480393, Los Angeles CA 90048-1393. His name and address are printed on the back cover. DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERT POSTER — Separate Cinema series, phenomenal condition. Also mailed directly to Beard at his Los Angeles Fine Arts address. Same provenance label confirmed on reverse. LES ARTS MUSULMANS by Gaston Migeon, 1926 — Bibliotheque d'Histoire de l'Art series, Paris and Brussels, G. Van Oest editeur. Original 1926 printing. Directly connected to Beard's documented scholarship on Muslim presence in African American history, a subject covered in his Amistad Research Center papers. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE — Five or more letters addressed directly to Derrick Beard at Galerie Americana, 145 N. Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60610, including a signed letter from George W. Friend Fine Arts offering an early 20th-century Afro-American folk art painting connected to Jack Johnson boxing im Pickup in Las Vegas. Get Right Storage Solutions.