African Artifacts Lifelong Collection Dual Platform Auction

Kellies Estate Services

Date(s) 9/10/2023 - 9/24/2023

ONLINE AUCTION ONLY! This auction runs from 9/10/2023 12:00 PM EST Through 9/24/2023 7:00 PM EST. This auction has a soft closing.

AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC AFRICAN ARTIFACTS, CLOTHING, MATERIAL AND A HUGE HOUSE FULL OF SO MUCH MORE! Written by the late Zen'e's daughter,During my mom’s first trip to South Africa, she met kindred spirits, artists and clothing designers that introduced her to more art than she could house. As local people became more and more interested in buying art, my mom’s business “Africentricity” was born.Africentricity was not only a way to sell art, it was a platform for my mother to educate her community about African history and culture.Her friendships with the artists she met in Africa were a direct connection to bringing a unique experience to the city. My mom was able to create displays for local school events, she showcased art for major concerts, and hosted events for people looking to bring art into their homes.She always dreamed about having a home in the Boston Edison District and selling African art from 829 Chicago was a joy for her!! Obituary: Zené lived an abundant and extraordinary life! She was born Frances L. Johnson on Monday, Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1949 in Detroit's Historic Black Bottom to Willie and Ernest Johnson. After being double promoted for her academic accomplishments, she graduated as “Best Dressed” & Class Secretary from Northwestern High School’s Class of 1966. She then attended the HBCU Wilberforce University (in Wilberforce, OH) and was the first person in her family to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970.After returning to Detroit, Frances was hired as one of the first black female probation officers for the State Of Michigan Department Of Corrections. Frances then attended The Shrine Of The Black Madonna where she was baptized and renamed as Zené Diallo, with the intention of revolutionizing racial tensions and empowering her community. That intention was fulfilled throughout her work personally and professionally as she touched so many lives.In the mid and late 1970s she celebrated the birth of her children Talibah and Askia.Zené understood the concept of “multiple streams of income” and expanded her love of modeling, African Art, cosmetology, and baking into fruitful entrepreneurial businesses.Zené frequently traveled and was a social butterfly who was passionate about a variety of hobbies including her work with the Boston-Edison Historic District Historical Society, and she enjoyed DIY home projects, sewing, bike riding, racquetball, teaching yoga, landscaping and gardening, concerts, long drives filled with music, ballroom dancing, family gatherings and keeping in touch with all her friends.A woman blessed with unwavering faith, Zené served faithfully at Fellowship Chapel for many years.

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Antique Woodblock Print - Faded

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Antique Woodblock Print - Faded

JOE A. PECSENKE 1942-1989 GROUP 5 SIGNED ETCHINGS

PETER PASSUNTINO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH

ANSEL ADAMS AUTHORIZED EDITION HALF DOME PRINT

Scott Bean "The Road Forward"

COUNTRY PRINT - WINDOWS - BARNWOOD TYPE FRAME -

Arrears of Pay & Bounty Certificates

Framed Print

Peter Max, "Woodstock Profile on Blends" Framed Li

Vintage Large Wrenches Wall Art

Pino (1939-2010), "Let's Go Home" Framed Limited E

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)RONIN WARRIOR PRINT

Edouard Manet original etching "La Convalescente"

Antique and Vintage European and USA Postcards

LARGE PRINT

Framed Warrior On Horseback Print

Wassily Kandinsky "Holzschnitt fur XXe Siecle" ori

Pablo Picasso original lithograph "Elegy of Ihpeto

Print "By the Garden Gate" by Mark Kellett

MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH

Art Joe Beeler Signed Native American Print

A Cameo Plaque in Frame

Antique and Vintage York Co and PA Postcards

CHOICE - Postcard - 1912 Van Buren St. Potosi, WI

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff original woodcut "Frauenkopf

Tom Sanders Two Wildlife Duck Etchings

Large Wall Art - 29x41"

2 PEMBERTON DRAWING SKETCHES SIGNED

5 PEMBERTON DRAWING SKETCHES SIGNED

FINELY FRAMED VINTAGE SILK FABRIC

Antique Pennsylvania Postcards

(3) 12x8 Riker Frames All different Color Felt

Jane Wooster Scott, "Doggie Deliverance" Hand Sign

Art Nude Lady Signed And Numbered Print

Art Claus 65 San Defonso Pueblo Print

JOHNNY FRIEDLAENDER ABSTRACT ETCHING STAMPED

"Mus på kogle" af Christina Lind MOMSFRI

GUISEPPE MALANDRINO (1910 - 1979) SIGNED ETCHING

(3) 12x8 Riker Frames All different Color Felt

Camille Pissarro "Marche aux Legumes, a Pointoise"

"Dansen" af Tina Lund Christensen MOMSFRI

Native American Pictures & Tourist Pelts

Western Prints

Joe de Young etching "Crow Woman"

Antique Woodblock Print - Faded

Piet Mondrian serigraph "L'arbre bleu"

Andy Warhol "Flowers 11.69" Silk Screen Print from

2 framed pictures

ANDY THOMAS SIGNED CALLIN' THE BLUE LITHOGRAPH

(3) 12x8 Riker Frames All different Color Felt

Picture Frames & Misc.

Victor Vasarely (1908-1997), "Bidim de la série St

Published, 1870's Pair Chinese Military 4th Rank B

Rufino Tamayo original etching "Hombre contempland

JAMES ROSENQUIST SIGNED LITHOGRAPH ISRAEL MUSEUM

O GRANT ORIGINAL SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINT

Signed Prints of Venice, Italy Framed under Glass

Pablo Picasso Cubist pochoir for Cahiers d'Art, 19

Mark Clarke "Late Summer Colors"

Conrad Felixmuller original woodcut "Self Portrait

PVL Marti (Female / KY)

Utagawa Hiroshige "Totomi Province ..." Woodblock

A Group of 3 Embroideries Framed

Framed BRGR Print

LAWRENCE WILBUR 4 DRAWINGS SIGNED

3 PEMBERTON DRAWING SKETCHES SIGNED

Framed Lithos Estates in Belgium, Italy & France

3 - old car pictures 5"x7"

Sam Park, "Antibes" Limited Edition Printer's Proo

framed stock certificate

PRELIMINARY INVENTORY PICTURES

Marc Chagall "La Danse" Color Lithograph, 1950

Arts & Craft Framed Picture The Infancy of

CHRISTPHER TALBOT "TRANSFORMATIONAL LIGHT " 2008

Pierre-Auguste Renoir "Ambroise Vollard"

Dimitri Polak (1922-2008), "Autumn Stream" Hand Si

"Morning has Broken" af Ole Ahlberg MOMSFRI

MARTYRED PRESIDENT CARD