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Los Angeles, California: L.A. Preservationists Object to Auction of African American Art

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(Above) Hale Woodruf

A collection of black art owned by Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Los Angeles has been carted off to be auctioned in New York, infuriating local art historians who want it to remain in California.

“In 1949, the African-American painters Charles Alston and…

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