1416765

HIGH YALLER Poster Reginald Marsh 1936 VINTAGE #1416765

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HIGH YALLER Poster Reginald Marsh 1936 VINTAGE #1416765
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Beautiful image, original LAA poster of High Yaller Painted
by Reginald Marsh in 1934. A beautiful woman in a gorgeous
yellow ensemble strides confidently down a street of
brownstones. The clinging fabric highlights her figure and
potent sexuality. The slinking figure behind clearly admires her,
but is also intimidated.
<p>Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954, b. Paris France)
loved to paint sexy (often unclad) women, ordinary men and
crowds. His favorite subjects were burlesque and Coney Island.
He was white.
<p>A high yaller is a very light skinned Negro. The
term is often attributed to the great Zora Neale Hurston, but it
was in use before her time and still is today. Marsh must not
have understood the term?or if he did was using it ironically?
because his model is not light skinned. She falls more to the
middle of the colorscale. Zora might also refer to her attitude as
astorperious.
<p>Marked under the image ©1936 by Living American Art,
Inc. LAA Colorprints No. 18. Also marked on the bottom
right
corner Collotype by Max Jaffee, Vienna, Austria
<p>Print measures 17-5/8 x 22-1/2 inches
<p>Good condition. Corners are bumped or curled, there is a
tear in the bottom and the usual chipping. There is also a tape
repaired tear in the top (see photos)
<p>We believe this is from the original LAA issue of 1936.
<p>Please see our inventory for more antique posters and fine
antiques of all sorts.
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<tr><td>Condition:See Description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1936</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United States</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Living American Art/ Max Jaffee</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:22.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:17.6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:HIGH YALLER Poster Reginald Marsh 1936 VINTAGE</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Urban Realism</td></tr>

<tr><td>Type:Poster</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Buffalo, NY</td></tr>
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