BOOGIE-WOOGIE

BASIC INFORMATION

Black & white print reproductions ---------------
Sizes are (16 x 20 inches) (price) ---------------
Medium of print original [lithograph on news print]

BOOGIE-WOOGIE (1940) To the bottom

During the great depression years he was attending school and working in Philadelphia. "One of my uncles gave house rent parties for twenty five cents a head at the door on weekends. It was like a house filled with relatives, eating all that soul food and washing it down with some of that lOO% proof from his father's still."

As the party got mellow, some enterprising youth with his 78 rpm platters and turntable had cranked up and the joint was jumping.

Clark said: "As a child I had seen grown ups dance (we were told that it was a sin) smooching, hopping, shaking their booty and snaking on down-it was a scandal." He had also seen his church rock during Sunday sermons, revivals and Wednesday night prayer meetings. He reasoned that when the spirit moved-you danced.

At those house parties the joint rocked and rolled. Folks tried out the latest dance steps and competed with each other for the floor. Being relaxed or possessed for a couple of hours on a Friday or Saturday night enabled them to rest on Sunday and "meet the man" again on Monday.

"Boogie-Woogie" was inspired when Clark observed a couple attempting to combine truckin', peckin', and the boogie in a single routine. Clark drew the picture in reverse on limestone from which the original print was pulled in 1940.

Price of one print reproduction is $25.00. Call us for volume rates and whole sale prices. Shipping and handling is $12.00, up to 3 prints and add $5.00 for countries outside the U.S. Add $2.00 postage for each additional print. We ship anywhere in the world.

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