(ART) Robert Savon Pious artist American Negro Exposition 18

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(ART.) Robert Savon Pious, artist. American Negro Exposition 1865 1940. Color screen print poster, 21 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches; moderate restoration, horizontal crease, light foxing, laid down on linen. Chicago, 4 July 1940

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The American Negro Exposition of 1940 celebrated the 75th anniversary of Emancipation. This Chicago extravaganza featured 92 installations, music, art, and a Cavalcade of the Negro Theater (see lot 265). Robert Savon Pious (1908-1993), creator of this poster, was a prolific Black illustrator from the 1930s onward, working on everything from WPA murals to pulp fiction covers to comic books.