Samella Sanders Lewis ART FOR SALE

1924 New Orleans, Louisiana - 2022 Torance, California. Known for: Printmaking, modernist figure and genre painting, art historian.

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Artist and art historian Samella Lewis is renowned for her contributions to African American art and art history. Born on February 27, 1924, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lewis's heritage led her to view art as an essential expression of the community and its struggles. Lewis began her art career as a student at Dillard University, where she was instructed by the African American sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. At one of her instructor's suggestions, Lewis transferred to Hampton Institute, where she earned her B.A. degree in art history in 1945. Lewis completed her graduate studies at the Ohio State University, earning her M.A. degree in 1948, and in 1951 she became the first African American woman to receive her doctorate in fine arts and art... Read full biography

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Type:Print

Year:1968

Medium:Lithograph

Signed:Signed

Edition:22/25

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1968 lithograph 24 x 18 inches (full margins) signed, dated, titled and numbered, 22/25 Memories & Inspiration, The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art, International Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C. (2021), p. 73 Pricing available upon request.

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