African Nude

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 of a nude female figure reclining on a sofa. The all-black figure of the woman appears in the center foreground of the print, reclining on a black sofa. She wears a necklace and has long hair. The back rest of the sofa is bright red, with green plants and foliage emerging from a red vase directly behind it. Above is a red and white striped curtain, with more green foliage on either side. The title [African Nude] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner underneath the image with [a/p] written on the bottom center. The print is signed on the bottom right corner in pencil: [James L. Wells ‘85].

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