Silkscreen on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 17.75 x 13.75 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Raven Fine Art Editions, Easton, under the direction of Curlee Raven Holton, Easton, 2007. Excerpted from the folio, A Note by the Artist: The further we are from the turbulent 1960s, the more magnificent the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes. How lucky we are that fate destined him to be born, grow up here and live out his American dream in the birthplace of democracy. When Sid Shiff, publisher of the Limited Editions Club of New York, asked me to illustrate Dr. King's famous letter, I found myself face to face with the great man's dream. In my way I have tried to visualize the story of Dr. King's letter from the Birmingham City Jail with these eight serigraphs. What he has to say about the life and struggle of black people in America is a treatise on freedom and justice and a model for democracy in the world. I am deeply moved and profoundly honored to have had the opportunity to illustrate this portfolio and book: a resonance of Dr. King's American dream for which the truly great man lived and died.—Faith Ringgold. Letter from Birmingham City Jail, CDXX examples of this edition were designed, set in Monotype Garamond and printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler; the eight serigraph prints were printed by Curlee Raven Holton. FAITH RINGGOLD (1930-2024) was an African American painter, author, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, and intersectional activist, perhaps best known for her narrative quilts. Ringgold was born in Harlem, New York City, and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from the City College of New York. She was an art teacher in the New York City public school system. As a multimedia artist, her works explored themes of family, race, class, and gender. Her series of story quilts, designed from the 1980s on, captured the experiences of Black Americans and became her signature art form. During her career, she promoted the work of Black artists and rallied against their marginalization by the art museums. She wrote and illustrated over a dozen children's books. Ringgold's art has been exhibited throughout the world and is in the permanent collections of The Guggenheim, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.