Created by
Lewis, Samella Sanders, American, 1924 - 2022
Date
1969
Medium
linoleum on Japanese paper
Dimensions
H x W: 13 1/8 × 12 5/8 in. (33.3 × 32 cm)
H x W x D (frame): 20 1/16 × 19 11/16 × 1 3/16 in. (51 × 50 × 3 cm)
Description
A black and white art linoleum cut on Japanese paper by Samella Sanders Lewis. Roughly two-thirds of the print is black, intersected by a wave-like bottom half of white that shows black lined striations. At the center, which appears as a rounding pinnacle, the black and white sections intertwine to form a thick crescent arc of white, inside of which is a smaller, thicker black crescent. The artist’s signature and date are inscribed in graphite in the lower right margin: [Samella lewis 1969]; title and edition are inscribed in the lower left margin: [Confrontation 4/35].
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
linocuts
Topic
Abstraction
Art
Race relations
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2023.46.3
Restrictions & Rights
© Estate of Samella Sanders Lewis
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d4a02587-5b09-43c6-849e-77e08cbaf877

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