Phoenix

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color linocut depicting a phoenix and a nude female figure rising from the flames amid a plume of smoke and ash. The phoenix, wings spread, appears just right of center next to the figure. Both are depicted in black and grey against the white background and are surrounded by black and grey smoke. Orange flames appear above their heads and below to the left. Beneath the flames in the bottom right corner is another bird and a large, oval egg. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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