strongItem 31strong - 'Superman' by Dale Normand. Oil on canvas framed, 4ft  x 3ft. 3 inches. Year 1979. Rare original oil by the great Chicago artist who graduated from Parker High School and The School of the Art Institute in Chicago. His early works were exhibited in Wiebolt's Stores during the early 1960s when he was a teen. His works are in private collections and were generally purchased by collectors before they were completed. Artist is retired due to severe injuries he received as a victim of a robbery.This oil Painting was recently on exhibit at the Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute and percentage to benefit artist personally with his care. Open bid with one hundred thousand dollars with increments at least fifty thousand dollars.  

span style='font-size: 10pt;'div id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16023' dir='ltr'span id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16119'span style='font-size: 10pt;' spanstrong style='font-size: 10pt;''GENERATIONS,' A SIGNED, NUMBERED HIGH QUALITY PRINT DONATED BY CHICAGO ARTIST, GERALD SANDERS.  CAN BE YOURS FOR A DONATION OF $100.00 OR MORE TO RALD INSTITUTE. LIMITED QUANTITY.strongspanspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'span

div id='yiv7294863895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507350170476_38502' dir='ltr'strongfont size='2'ITEM # 87  'PALM WINE MEN,' A FASCINATING SERIGRAPH BY PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL, DONATED BY ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST GIFTED MODERN AFRICOBRA  ARTISTS. OPEN THE fontstrongstrongfont size='2'BID FOR THIS fontstrong strong26 X 46 INCH ITEM WITH $400 span style='font-size: 10pt;'DOLLARS AND  INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $200.spanstrongstrongfont size='2'PHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY AZELL GREGORY MANCE.font strongspan span

span style='font-size: 12pt;'strong'Ten Commandments' limited edition (less than 100) quality print by Charles Lucius Whitman (1945-1992).  Whitman was a well-known Chicago artist who taught privately and whose beautiful portraits and figure drawings are in public and private collections in America, Europe, and elsewhere. Whitman was a close associate and drawing teacher of muralist, Mitchell Caton. Open bid with $3,200.00 and increments of  at least $200. Excellent condition on fine quality paper. strongspanbr span style='font-size: 10pt;'span

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Mother Teresa,' donated by gifted Chicago artist, Richard Hezekiah Mcghee. First and only print on canvas. Open bid with $2,000 with increments ofspanat least $500. 16 x 20 inches unframed. Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. 

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 88strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - 'TENDER SOULS', LITHOGRAPH BY WORLD FAMOUS AFRICOBRA  ARTIST, PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL. OPEN THE BID FOR THIS DELIGHTFUL 22 X 30 INCH LITHOGRAPH WITH FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,000) WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. PHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY AZELL GREGORY MANCE. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT RALD INSTITUTE.span

strongItem 92  Untitled landscare # 4. strongMagnificent original oil landscape by the late Arsie Lee Kennedy, popular African American artist whose work was compared to that of the renowned Henry O. Tanner. Excellent Condition! Open the bid with $75,000. with increments of at least $5,000. Part of proceeds benefit RALD Institute. From private collection. Call (773) 752-8176.

strongItem 34strong - 'Jonathan,' photo by Beverly Ross Normand year 2012.  8' X 10.' Open bid with one hundred thousand dollars with increments of at least one thousand dollars. Portion of proceeds will establish the Jonathan Allen Children's Fund, a division of Rald Institute to be established to assistchildren under 23 with a deceased parent andchildren and adults with autism. 

Item 91  Beautiful original oil landscape by the late African American landscape artist, Arsie L. Kennedy, compared to Henry O. Tanner by some. Good condition.  29 X 29 inches framed. Open bid with $5,000. and increments of at least $500. From private collection to benefit Rald Institute. 

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Sankofa No. 1,' rare painting by Beverly Ann Ross Normand. Original oil and acrylics on canvas, 18x24 inches done in 2008. Beverly earned degrees from DePaul, Roosevelt, and Chicago State Universities and was jewelry designer from 1963 to 1974, exhibiting and always selling out in Chicago art fairs. Her work is in private collections in U.S. and elsewhere. An art curator, she was honored by the Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago in 2018 and received numerous grants and awardsspanthroughout her adult life. She is curator of current exhibition at Chicago Theological Seminary and isFounder and Director of  the Rald Institute Charity and retired Lead Instructional Specialist for Special Needs Children,  Chicago Public Schools. span style='font-size: 12pt;'Open bid  with $40,000 with increments of  at least $2,000. Order print for five hundred dollars. Rald Institutespanvolunteers have provided free services for special needs children since the early 1980s and Normand has curated exhibits for children and adults since 1972.  

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Illumination' by Omar Lama. Original oil spanspan style='font-size: 12pt;'  Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. span span style='font-size: 36pt;'SOLDspan

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 12pt;''Worldwide Concerto,' Quality print on canvas by Melvin King, well-known nationally and internationally. 22 X 32 inches framed.  Currently in Rald Institute Exhibition at the Chicago Theological Seminary through March 31, 2020. Temporarily closed due to  coronavirus peril. Please call (773) 752-8176spanstrongstrong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 12pt;'for further details.spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanstrongstrong style='font-size: 12pt;' strong

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 69strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Malcolm X' by Omar Lama. Reproduction 11x14 inches in mat, unframed. Good condition. Year 1987. Omar is a Chicago artist who studied at the School of the Art Institute as a child and whose works have been in demand since the 1960s. His rare works are collectibles and he is associated with AfriCobra artists and leading artists, educators and musicians in Chicago. He was recently featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Florida, Rald Institute, and was currently at the Chicago Theological Seminary, but is temporarily closed. Call (773) 752-8176 for information.span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 60 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- 'Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams - Coffee 2,' a series by Pamela Norman. Colored glass collage, 12x14 inches.  Pamela is a member of the Creative Arts Association, Chicago Park District artists and a volunteer with Rald Institute. Opening bid $500. Increments at least $50.Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. span

span style='font-size: 12pt;' 'Detail No. 2 Urbanbushman,' Photo of art by Lester Lashley. Photographed by Lester Lashley to benefit Rald Institute. Approximate size 18 x 20 inches. Opening bid $20,000.  Increments at least $1000.Currently on exhibit at Chicago Theological Seminary through March 31, 2020, but temporarily closed. Lester Lashley is a renowned African American artist-musician who was featured at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art and at Rald Institute in 2018. He is a founding member of the Association for the Advancement ofspan Creative Musicians, is associated with AfriCobra Founder, Wadsworth Jarrell, and the late Howard Mallory. His artwork is in private collections around the world. Call (773) 752-8176 for more information.  

'' Lift Every Voice Series #1' by Adedayo Laoye, a gifted native of Ede, Nigeria who earned degrees from the School of Fine Art, Yaba College of Technology and from Howard University. Raised in the Yoruba tradition and inspired by Dr. Alain Locke, he describes his work as ritualistic. He was recently honored as the featured artist by the Chicago Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Oil on canvas, 18 x 23 12 '' . Photographed by the late Gideon Manasseh. Opening bid $8,000 with increments of at least $500. 

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 11 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  `Afro Improv` by Barry Bruner, limited reproduction (under 10)16' X 11'. Opening bid $100 with at least $25 increments. Donated by artist to benefit Rald Institute. Beautifully framed edition in current exhibition at Chicago Theological Seminary,span1407 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, open weekdays9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through March 31, 2020.Call (773) 752-8176 for details. 

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 12 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- Very old 12 ' long African mask given by Carole Gray Pilot to benefit Rald Institute. Photographed by John Blanton. Opening bid is $1,000 with increments of at least $100.span 

strongItem 27strong -''Biggie Smalls'' original colored pen and ink drawing by the late, great  Dalushaka Mugwana. Excellent condition. 22' wide x 28' long framed. Special price in Chicago Theological Seminary's Rald Institute fund raiser through March 31, 2020. View weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call (773) 752-8176 for more information.

div id='yiv7294863895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507350170476_200345' style='font-size: 8pt;' dir='ltr'span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongBOOK ON  WADSWORTH JARRELL FOR A DONATION OF $40.00 TO RALD INSTITUTEstrongspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strong.  LIMITED NUMBER OF WONDERFUL BOOKS DONATED BY ARTIST. WRITTEN BY DR. ROBERT DOUGLAS, FORMER ASSOCIATE strongspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strongPROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY AT UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HAS OVER 50 BEAUTIFUL PLATES OF ART WORK BY WADSWORTH JARRELL.strongspanspan style='font-size: 8pt;'br spanstrongInquire about Professor Jarrell's new book featuring Founding members of AfriCobra andstrongstrongscheduled for distribution this spring! Call (773) 752-8176.strongspan style='font-size: 8pt;'span

strong'strongUnited,' photo by Beverly A. Ross Normand.strong NFSstrong 

strongItem 17strong - Abstract Fabric Design donated by Seitu Nurullah (a.k.a. Rah-bird). Rare silk, 43 X 42 inches.Artist earned degrees from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and from the University of Chicago. His work was exhibited at Smart Museum of Art (Univ. of Chicago) and at Rald Institute in 2018 and 2019 and  is on exhibit at ChicagoTheological Seminary now on weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through March 31, 2020. Make offer above $5,000. Photograph by Anthony Cole. 

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 68strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Roland Kirk' by Omar Lama.  Reproduction 11x14 inches in mat. Very good condition. Year 1988. Omar originals are currently on exhibit at Rald Institute in Chicago and were at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Florida in 2019 and elsewhere. He was an early member of the AfriCobra art collective, attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a youngster, and might be the most popular artist among young children in Chicago's schools over the past fifty years! Omar Lama's works are currently on exhibition at the Chicago Theological Seminary through March 31, 2020. Call (773) 752-8176 for more information.spanspan style='font-size: 12pt;'span 

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 7strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Je Mange donc je suis' by Robert Pedro Borja. Oil on canvas 24'' X 30''. Borja was a world renowned calligrapher artist from Chicago whose works are collectibles. Purchased in about 2009 by Founder of Rald Institute. Borja will be rememberedspanas a caring, genuine genius who loved community and children in Chicago and whose life, ideas and works will be eternally honored. This painting will be offered in the near future. Inquiries should be directed to Beverly Ann Ross Normand at  (773) 752-8176. Rest in power, Borja! 

strongItem 29 strong- ''Still Life'' by Omar Lama. Original oil on canvas,  10 x 12 inches, framed. Rare painting by the popular AfriCobra artist  whose works have been exhibited throughout the U.S.A. and elsewhere, beginning in the early 1960s. Omar studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a child, at the South Side Community Art Center, and at Chicago State University. Omar's work was exhibited recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Florida. This painting was currently on exhibition at The Chicago Theological Seminary through March 31, 2020, but national Covid-19 crises has interrupted. Call (773) 752-8176 for information.      

strong'strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' Iya Lorisa' (Yoruba Priestess) by Adedayo Laoye, internationally known, award winning artist and Rald Institute benefactor.  Acrylics on watercolor paper. 32 x 39 inches with silver frame.  Year 2013. Actual value over $5,000. Opening bid $2,500.  Increments at least $200. Percentage to benefit Rald Institute.span

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Willie Pickens with Wilber Campbell and Larry Gray at the Jazz Showcase' donated by Barry Bruner, Retired Art Director of Whitney Young High School, Chicago. Limited edition framed reproduction (fewer than 10). Approximate size 9 x 12 inches. Currently in exhibition at the Chicago Theological Seminary through March 31, 2020, but temporarily closed. Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. Open bid with $300.00span with increments of $100.00. Call (773) 752-8176 forinformation. 

span style='font-size: 10pt;'strong  'CONCERT,' ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PAINTING BY EUGENE MITCHELL. APPROXIMATELY 2 X 3 FEET UNFRAMED.  STARTING BID $3,000 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $1,000. MITCHELL IS A POPULAR CHICAGO CARTOONIST AND TEACHER WHOSE WORKS ARE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.strongspan

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 39spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - 'Malachi Favors,' photo by the late, great Robert Abbott Sengstacke, Emeritus member of the Board of Directors of Rald Institute. 10' X 12' signed & framed. Year 2000. Not for Sale at this time.spanstrong strong

strongItem 36strong - Stoneware by the late, great Eselean Goree Henderson (1917 - 2004). Gift from Rosalind Henderson Mustafa to benefit Rald Institute. 12' circumference. Opening bid $400 with increments of at least $25

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 40 - strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'Untitled original oil on canvas by Roberto of Haiti. 19 X 15 inches beautifully framed. Gift from the late Jack Simmerling to benefit Rald Institute. Open bid with  $5,000. and increments of at least $100.00.  Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole.spanbr div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1416442580395_21391' style='color:#000000;font-size:14px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;'

span style='font-size: 10pt;''University of Illinois Chicago Series #2' by Sharon Williams Adams (a.k.a. Sharue)  (1947-2011) . Rare original oil on canvas approximately 4' x 3'. Year 1980s. Sharue was a leading African American jeweler during the 1960s who credits Dr. Murry Depillars and Margaret Burroughs, her art teachers, as her greatest inspirers. A member of the Board of Directors of Rald Institute, she gave up art to devote her life to teaching children with special needs in Chicago and Atlanta, Georgia. Opening bid $65,000. Increments at least $5,000.  span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 56strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Herbie Hancock,' rare photo by John Blanton, 1975. Approximate size 18 x 20 inches. Opening bid $4000.  Increments at least $500 to benefit Rald Institute. Blanton is a renowned, retired Chicago photographer who has volunteered and supported Rald Institute and other charities over many years.span

strongItem 15strong -strong Beautiful image of Malcolm X by the renowned founding member of AfriCobra.strongstrong'THE BLACK PRINCE, 'DONATED BY WADSWORTH JARRELLstrong. strong17x26 INCH POSTER TO BENEFIT RALD INSTITUTE. OPEN BID WITH $50.00 AND INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $25.00. Special framed edition for $175.00 (one hundred seventy-five dollars) instrongstrongRald Institute fund raising exhibition at Chicago Theological Seminary, 1407 E. 60th St, Chicago, IL, weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through March 31, 2020. Call (773) 752-8176 for details.strong

span style='font-size: 12pt;'Beautiful wearable African Mask obtained through trade by Chicago's renowned African American leather designer, Obry Collins. Mixture of  wood, beads, shells, burlap, dye.  Excellent condition.  Photo by Anthony Cole.  Approximately twelve inches in height.  Open with $7,000. Increments at least $1,000. span 

span style='font-size: 12pt;' ' Transformation' by Dr. Yaoundé Olu, nationally known artist, doctor of natural medicine, metaphysics, educator, jazz radio host and Rald Institute donor. Digital painting 14 x 18 inches in mat. Proceeds will be shared with Rald Institute. Opening bid $75. Increments at least $10. span

span id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16002' style='font-size: 12pt;' 'strongPrecious Treasures; Cultivate Them,' a 22X30 inch framed lithograph by Wadsworth Jarrell, can be opened with bid of $4,000 with increments of $1,000.00strong. strongPhotographed for Rald Institute by Azell Gregory Mance.strongspanspan id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16002' style='font-size: 10pt;'br span

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Hallelujah' by Dr. Yaoundé Olu, nationally known artist, doctor of natural medicine, metaphysics, educator, jazz radio host and Rald Institute donor.  Digital painting 14 x 18 inches in mat. Opening bid $75. Increments at least $10. span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongWONDERFUL JAZZ CD FOR MUSIC LOVERS.  RAY BAILEY, RENOWNED SAX AND FLUTE BAND LEADER, GATHERED TALENTED MUSICIANS TO PERFORM CLASSIC TUNES BY BUD POWELL, ANTONIO JOBIM, BOBBY HUTCHERSON AND OTHERS. PERSONNEL INCLUDES THE LATE JIMMY WILLIS, BASS; JOE RENDON, PERCUSSION; TERRY ROSS, DRUMS;  LEANDRO VERADY, PIANO; AND THE LATE HAROLD BROOKS, TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN. RAY BAILEY IS ON SOPRANO, TENOR SAX AND FLUTE.strong  strongOPEN BID WITH $40 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $10.00.strong span

strongstrong span style='font-size: 12pt;''Edgecutters,' donated by Professor Wadsworth Jarrell, is a 22X30' framed Serigraph. Open bid with $400.00 with increments of at least $100.00. Beautiful historical art celebrates the Kentucky Derby and Black  jockeys. Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs in 1993.span Wadsworth is a founding member of AfriCobra Arts Collective whose works were recently exibited at  Rald Institute, Smart Art Museum and elsewhere in Chicago; at Africobra in Venice, Italy; in Soul of a Nation Exhibition in Los Angeles, California and elsewhere. span style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 8pt;'span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 33strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - 'Chance,' orig. pastel by the late Charles Lucius Whitman. Year approx.1991. 9' X 12' approx. Illustration for Portraits and Poetry in collaboration with Beverly Normand. spanNot for Sale.span style='font-size: 10pt;'   span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 63strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Garfield Park Lagoon' by John Blanton, award winning retired Chicago photographer.  Year 1991. 16 x 20 inches.  Opening bid $2,000.  Increments at least $500. span

spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongItem 46strong span- spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' spanspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;''strongELLINGTON,' BY WILLIAM HUNT. ORIGINAL OIL 36 X 24 INCHES DONE IN 1990s.  OPEN BID WITH $75,000. WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $10,000 FOR THIS STUNNING WORK OF ART IN GOOD CONDITION. PERCENTAGE TO BENEFIT RALD INSTITUTE. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANTHONY COLE.strongspanspanstrong strong

strongItem 35strong - 'Asterisk Underscored,' by Jamaal Gayles, award winning young artist from Chicago area who most recently studied at Columbia College. Original mixed media on corrugated paper. Opening bid $15,000. with increments of at least $1,000. 13 12'  x 11 12'. Portion of proceeds benefit Rald Institute.div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1416442580395_18671' style='color:#000000;font-size:14px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;'

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Bears' by James Gould. Original Acrylic on canvas. 35 x 23 inches framed. Opening bid $300.00 with increments at least $100. span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 49 - strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;''Pattern' by Sherman Beck. Original  oil on canvas 23 x 29 inches framed.  Approx. year 2000. Opening bid $45,000. Increments of at least $5.000. Beck isspan span style='font-size: 10pt;'a founding member of the AfriCobra Arts Collective, a retired Chicago Public Schools art teacher, a retired owner ofspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' Art Directions store in Hyde Park, spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'Chicago, and a major living artist-scholar and volunteer. A graduate of Dunbar High School and the Art Institute of Chicago, he worked as commercial artist and did major work for Ebony, Jr. magazine. Photograph by Anthony Cole.span 

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 4 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- `Northwestern University AfriCobra Exhibition` by Robert Abbott Sengstacke, photo 8` X 10`. Not for Sale.span

strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanstrongstrongspan style='font-size:10.0pt;107%; text-transform:uppercase'Item 44 spanspan style='text-transform:uppercase'-spanstrongspan style='text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10pt;'“Blue-2” by Jesse Greene who graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jesse has lived and worked in Paris  and in texas in recent years and has been a donor to Rald for many years. Purchased by Beverly Normand. 12 by 12 inches. acrylics on Canvas. Open bid with $10,000 and increments of at least $1,000.spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanstrong span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif''spanspan style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif''span

strongItem 21strong -  'Terry Ross on Morris Jennings' drums,' photo by Beverly Normand, year 2012. 13 x 19 inches framed. Starting bid $400 with increments of at least $50. Portion of proceeds will establish the Terry Michael Ross Fund at Rald Institute.

strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;''OMO ORISA' SACRED ORISA BY ADEDAYO LAOYE, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AND RESPECTED ARTIST AND DONOR TO RALD INSTITUTE. WATERCOLOR 18X 19 INCH ORIGINAL IN BLACK FRAME. OPEN BID WITH $2,500 AND INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $500.00. spanstrong

strong'strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'Black Pride' sculpture by Sura Dupart, a recent winner of Museum of Science and Industry's Black Creativity Award. Dupart is also a gifted percussionist and leader of 'Side Pocket' group.span     span style='font-size: 12pt;'Serpentine stone 13x712 x 812 inches. Opening bid $15,000. Increments at least $500. span   

font size='2'strong'strongstrongTEMPLE DE LA CONCORD,' LITHOGRAPH BY ENGELMANN, 19x13 INCHES. GIFT FROM ERMA JAUBERT BRUNER.  OPENING BID $2,000.00 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $500.00.strong  strongPHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY ANTHONY COLE.strongfontfont size='2'fontspan style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' span

Item 90.   Gorgeous landscape by the late Arsie Lee Kennedy. Original oil in good condition. Approximately 22 X 24 inches framed. Open the bid with $4,000 and increments of at least $500.00. From Private Collection to benefit Rald Institute.

span style='font-size: 12pt;' spanspan style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';''Accepting Christ,' original by Melvin King. Acrylics on canvas 30 x 36 inches, year 2014. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $27,000. Increments at least $2,000.spanspan style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';'br spanstrongspan style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'Helvetica','sans-serif';Times New Roman';color:black;'br spanstrong

Item 89. Beautiful original oil landscape by the late Arsie Lee Kennedy, a leading African American landscape artist. 29 X 23 inches in good condition. Open the bid with $5,000. with increments of $500 at least. From Private Collection to benefit Rald Institute. 

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;' spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strongGORGEOUS ARTIST'S PROOFstrong strongOF 'REVOLUTIONARY,' BY INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PAINTER, PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL. span style='font-size: 18pt;'SOLDspanstrongspan

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 5strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - Tibetan Ceremonial Artifact donated by Rald Institute benefactor. Brass with semi-precious stones and beautiful symbolic carvings. approx. 15' in length. Open bid with $3000. Increments at least $100. Photographed for Rald Institute by John Blanton. All proceeds benefit Rald Institute.span

span style='font-size: 12pt;'' Abstract Sculpture #2, Acrylics, 12 x 7 12 x ll'  by Alicia Griffin.  Original was a trophy award for the years 1994-1996 for Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce. Opening bid $100,000. Increments at least $1,000 . Percentage of proceeds will benefit Rald. span

'Mill Reflections,' photo by Barbara O'Connor, 14' X 11' matted. Purchased by Beverly Ross Normand to benefit Rald Institute, 2007. Photographed for Rald Institute website gallery by Lester Lashley. Opening bid $20,000 with increments of at least $1000.00.

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Ancient One' by Sura Dupart, winner of  2013 Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's Black Creativity Award and many other awards.  Casted bronze 15 x 19 x 10 inches.  7 inch diameter.  Opening bid $15,000.  Increments at least $500. span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongItem 47strong - 'Skating' by Eugene Mitchell.  Original mixed media on canvas. 45 x 35 inches framed. Year 2013. All proceeds benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $4,000. Increments at least $500.spanstrong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanstrongspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;'spanstrong strong

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 41strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'EL Zabar,' donated by Adedayo Laoye, original watercolors. 16' X 20' in mat. Gift to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $3,000. with increments of at least $100. Photographed  for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. span

pspan style='font-size: 12pt;''Bullfight Series,' by Pablo Picasso. Print attached to heavy stock paper backing and framed 36' X 13 12'. Good condition, year 1960. Open bid with $5,000 with increments of at least $500. From Private Collection.spanp span style='font-size: 10pt;'spanp p  br p p strong style='font-size: 12pt;'strong span style='font-size: 12pt;'span

span style='font-size: 10pt;' 'Summer' by Edward Grant Strong. Original mixed media to benefit Rald Institute.  20 x 28 inches. Opening bid $4,000. Increments at least $200.span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'Original oil by Roy LeBaron. 24 inches by 36 inches. Year unknown. Good condition. Donated by L. McDonald Family of Chicago. Open bid with $8,000 and increments of at least $500. All proceeds benefit Rald Institute. span

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Abdullah Striding the Keys', by Professor Napoleon Jones Henderson, founding member of AfriCobra.strong SOLDstrongspan

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Summer' by Jack Simmerling (1935-2013). Print 17 x 12 inches donated and framed by Mr. Simmerling to benefit Rald Institute. Year 2004. Opening bid $150. Increments at least $100. Photographed by Anthony Cole. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;' Item 10strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Good Ship Jesus' sculpture by renowned Preston Jackson. Caste bronze and steel, 3 feet x 2 feet 1 inch. Starting bid is $17,000 with increments of at least $1,000. Preston Jackson is renowned in America and abroad and has done many public sculptures. He was Director of Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago for many years.span 

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 48 -  strongspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;'“Soul Farm” limited reproduction by Barry Bruner to benefit Rald Institute.spanspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;' Approximatelly 16 x 11 inches. Opening bid $100.00 with increments atspan span style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;'least $25.00.spanstrong strong

span style='font-size: 14pt;'span style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 62 - 'Abstract Head' by Alicia I. Griffin of Los Angeles, an award winning artist who has exhibited in the U.S. and Europe. Acrylic Sculpture 21 12 x 6 x12 inches. Year 1998. Opening bid $18,700. Increments at least $2,500. Actual value at least $30,000. Percentage to benefit Rald Institute. spanspan

strongItem 14 strong- 'Lillies 'donated by Gerald Sanders. Original watercolors to benefit Rald Institute. Year 2014. Approximately 18 x 24 inches. Opening bid $900. Increments at least $50. Photographed by Anthony Cole.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 67strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'O Woman, A tapestry of Loving You', poetry by spanspan style='font-size: 12pt;'Yusuf Ali EL, a magna cum laude graduate, University of New Hampshire. He has written over 15 books, including his own poetry and published anthologies with the works of other poets, dating from the early 1970's. This book is signed and numbered. Yusuf for 25 years has been a major promoter of the works of the late Annie Lee and has supported Rald Institute since its inception. Opening bid $35. Increments at least $10.00. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 13 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  Not for sale photograph by Lauren Deutsch.span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 9 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  `Marlene Rosenberg` photo by Stan Lee.  8` x 10`. Opening bid $400 with at least $25 increments. Rald receives percentage of proceeds from sale.spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'br span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 42strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'The White Prince' . Limited edition print of a watercolor donated by Gerald Sanders.20 x 16 inches in mat. Opening bid $300. Increments at least $30. span

strongItem 16strong - Ancient African Sculpture mixed Media wood, brass, beads, height 33 inches. Starting bid $10,000 with increments at least $250.Rald receives percentage of proceeds.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 59strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'The Bob Love Story' book by Bob Love, Bulls player from1968 to1977. Current Director of Community Affairs.  Opening bid $10.00. Increments at least $5.00 to benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 57 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- 'Mountain Falls' by Pamela Norman.  Oil on canvas. Year 2009. 16 x 24 inches. Opening bid $500. Increments at least $50. Percentage to benefit Rald Institute. span

span style='font-size: 12pt;'strongItem 38 strong- 'Tiger Lillies' limited edition print donated by Gerald Sanders,  No. 10 of 200,13' x 19'. year 2002. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $25. Photo by Anthony Cole. span

strongItem 30strong - 'Corey Wilkes' by John Blanton, photograph approximately 14' x 12'. Percentage to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $25.

strongItem 24strong - ''Stop the Killing,'' print by Sura Dupart, approximately 22 x 25 inches. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $25. 50% of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.

strongItem 25strong - 'Garfield Park' limited edition photo by John Blanton, 20' x 14'. Opening bid $400 with increments of at least $25. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;' Item 6strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - `Self Portrait` by Jamaal Gayles, mixed media original year 2013. 20`L X 14`W framed, $3,000 starting bid with increments of at least $250. span

strongItem 23strong -  `On the Wing` original print donated by Catherine Cajandig,  Approximately 9' X 7'. Starting bid $300 with increments of at least $25.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 3strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - Silver Tibetan artifact from the late art educator Carole Gray Pilot. Given to benefit Rald Institute. Approximately 5 inches in height. Beautifully carved. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $50.00.span

strongItem 18strong - `The Shame of Us` by Jamaal Gayles. Limited Reproduction ( Number 9 of 30). Approximately 14'x 11'. Opening bid $500 with increments of at least $50.Percentage of proceeds benefit Rald Institute.

strongItem 19strong - `Dee Alexander` by Lauren Deutsch.strong NFSstrong

strongItem 20strong - `He Could Have Been` by Everett C. Williams, winner of Black Creativity Award, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, 2014. Print on canvas, 15` X 31.5`, Opening bid $1,100 with increments of at least $100. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.

strongItem 22strong - `Chess Game` by Sherman Beck, oil on canvas, 30' x 40', Opening bid $3,000.00 with increments of at least $250. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 8 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  `Barn` donated by Barry Bruner, limited reproduction (under 10) size approximately 10' X 8'. Opening bid is $100 with increments of at least $25. span