Ink on wove paper, 1958. 241x178 mm; 9½x7 inches. Signed and dated, lower right.
Provenance Briggs Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan (label). Freeman's Auction, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 24, 2007, lot 98. Private collection, Michigan. Swann Galleries, New York, April 5th, 2018, lot 56. Estate of Patricia Scipio-Brim, New York.
Note With a copy of the poem A Negro Woman by William Carlos Williams, on the frame verso. Jacob Lawrence illustrates the moment in the poem where the subject appears bare-headed, staring into the storefront. With his drawing, Lawrence captures the essence of Williams' subject, an ambassador between two worlds - her purpose, and her role in society.
