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HUGHIE LEE-SMITH (1915 - 1988) Untitled (Face and Figure Study).
Monotype, 1969. 215x355 mm; 9 5/8x13 1/2 inches, trimmed just outside of the platemark. Signed and dated in pencil, lower center.
With the image matrix in pencil on the verso. The artist created this experimental print by drawing in pencil on the verso while the sheet paper was pressed against an inked plate.
Provenance: the artist; Sophie Wessel, Chicago, Illinois; by descent in the family, Chicago, Illinois; private collection, Chicago. Sophie Wessel was a close friend of Lee-Smith and, during stays at her house in Chicago, he learned the monoprint technique from her and African-American artist Anna Tyler who was known for her own monoprints.
