- Created by
- Billops, Camille, American, 1933 - 2019
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 20 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (52.1 × 36.8 cm)
- Description
- A black and white lithograph with hand-coloring in red. The print depicts two, solid black silhouette figures dancing around a central pole, surrounded by abstract, geometric faces. The faces have sinister, exaggerated features with round, white eyes and wide-open mouths with jagged white teeth and protruding red tongues. On all four sides of the image is a black border with stock market symbols and data arranged into rows and columns. The print is titled, signed, and dated by the artist in graphite beneath the image: [15/30 2nd State/ w/ hand color in red “Dancers + Demons” C. Billops 1979].
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- lithographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Juanita and Melvin Hardy
- Object number
- 2020.58.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Camille Billops, Courtesy of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




