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*A ceramic bowl featuring a self-portrait from one of the greatest comedians of our time will be auctioned on the Internet to benefit an Ohio-based animal charity.
The late Richard Pryor sent his bowl, titled “Little Black Man in Big White World,” to the Geauga Humane Society weeks before his death on Dec. 10. The side of the bowl bears his signature and drawings of a martini glass, lips and a cigarette. Inside of the bowl, Pryor drew his face on one side, and wrote the title along the other.
The humane society offered to return the bowl to Pryor’s widow, Jennifer, but she told the group to use it to raise as much money as possible. The bowl is currently up for bid on eBay. As of press time, it had received a top bid of $3,511.00.
"[Jennifer] said that's what Richard would have wanted," said Sharon Harvey, executive director of the agency.