Oil with fabric and paper collage on paper, 2006. 851x945 mm; 33½x37¼ inches. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed with dimensions and the series name in ink, verso and on the frame back. From the John Lewis Series.
Benny Andrews' John Lewis Series illustrates the life and legacy of the Democratic congressman. Andrews and Lewis were close friends devoted to activism; Andrews also produced illustrations for the 2006 picture book John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement written by Kathleen Benson and Jim Haskins. In 2023, the Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, Georgia, held a special viewing of Andrews' John Lewis Series commemorating the opening of the Andrews Family Legacy Gallery.
