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Jul 9, 2026
[ART]. [WILEY, Kehinde (b. 1977), artist]. Passing/Posing Paintings & Faux Chapel. [New York: Earth Enterprise, 2004]. 4to. Staple-bound booklet with black cord bookmark, a pair of white cloth gloves in transparent plastic envelope, and 18 color plates of works by Wiley (a few folding), each with loose plain tissue guards. All housed in publisher's black cardboard box with lift-off lid stamped in gilt. FIRST EDITION OF THIS COLLECTION, #619/1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY WILEY ON A PLATE MOUNTED INSIDE THE LIFT-OFF LID.
Tissue guards creased and wrinkled. Fine.
Wiley is a major visual artist, known for portraying African-Americans as heroic or classical figures. His is perhaps best known for his portrait of President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian Institute.
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