![]() ![]() Here the Harlem-born artist unites "the traditional association between flying and the escape of slaves to freedom with her own fantasies as a child who delighted in the sense of liberation and empowerment she felt on a rooftop from which she saw stars twinkling among the lights of nearby George Washington Bridge. ![]() Tar Beach was inspired by Ringgold's original artwork of the same name-a story quilt that hangs in the Guggenheim Museum. Faith Ringgold 2/6/93," with over 20 "bold vibrant" illustrations from her paintings-"the triumphant soaring of imagination over reality." Tall quarto, original pictorial laminated paper boards, original dust jacket.įirst edition of Ringgold's debut children's book, named the 1992 Caldecott Honor Book, and winner of the 1992 Coretta Scott King Book Award, boldly inscribed in gold ink by her, "To A- Anyone can fly. "BEAUTIFUL, INNOVATIVE, AND FULL OF THE JOY OF ONE UNCONQUERABLE SOUL": FIRST EDITION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTIST FAITH RINGGOLD'S AWARD-WINNING TAR BEACH, INSCRIBED BY HER ![]()
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