Aspiration

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 linocut of figures looking toward the sky. Printed in black ink on white paper, the print area has a black border with notched corner. In the center of the print is a group of two black female figures facing left and two white male figures facing right. The two in the center are looking towards the sky in the top left corner where a white orb with a black star in the center shines brightly. On the right side in the background of the print there are four more black figures looking in the same direction. There are diagonal black lines across the right side. The title of the print [Aspirations] is written on the bottom left corner in pencil. In the bottom center [5th Imp] is written in pencil. The print is signed [James L. Wells '28] on the bottom right corner in pencil.

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