FROST FINE ART

MIRIAM SCHAPIRO

"In the Land of Oo-bla-dee: Homage to Mary Lou Williams"

Lithograph in colors printed on two sheets, 1993, signed in pencil, dated, titled "In the Land of Oo-bla-dee" and annotated "A.P.VI/XX", an artst's proof impression aside from the numbered edition of 100, printed at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (now The Brodsky Center at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) and with a blindstamp lower-left and their pencil reference numbering on the reverse, on wove paper; in excellent condition
Sheet 22 1/2 x 30 1/8inches

$1,800


Provenance: Estate of the artist

The jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-81) co-wrote the song "In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee", and arranged it for Dizzy Gillespie in 1949.