JEFF R. DONALDSON (1932 - 2004) Victory in the Valley of Eshu.
Color screenprint on cream wove paper, 1971. 902x660 mm; 35 1/2x26 inches, full margins. Signed, dated, numbered 96/280 and inscribed "imp" in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Lou Stovall. A very good, bright impression.
Jeff Donaldson grew up in Pinebluff, AK, where he attended the University of Arkansas, establishing the university's fine arts program. He then moved to Chicago, where he earned an M.F.A. at the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology and then a PhD in African and African-American art history at Northwestern University. A member of the Organization for Black American Culture, Donaldson helped organize the 1967 Wall of Respect mural and then was a founding member of AfriCOBRA.
