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James Lesesne Wells

Looking Upward, 1928

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Medium

linocut in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 35.24 × 23.18 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)

sheet: 55.88 × 43.18 cm (22 × 17 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Accession Number

2005.145.31

Artists / Makers

James Lesesne Wells (artist) American, 1902 - 1993

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: 18/20; lower center in graphite: "Looking Upward"; lower right in graphite: James L. Wells '28

Provenance

Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

Exhibition History

2014: Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

2016: The Color Line: African-American Artists and Segregation, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2016-2017.

Bibliography

2016: Soutif, Daniel. The Color Line : les artistes africains-américains et la ségrégation, 1865-2016. Exh. cat. Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, France, 2016

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