Oct 03, 2024 - Sale 2680

Sale 2680 - Lot 217

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
JOHN WOODROW WILSON (1922 - 2015)
Five Men.

Offset lithograph on white wove paper, 2004. 370x622 mm; 14½x24½ inches, wide margins. Printer's proof, aside from the edition of 56. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "P/P 2" in pencil, lower margin. Printed by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia.

Another impression is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Reflecting upon his social and racial justice based practice, Wilson depicts five anonymous men that seem to have witnessed something unimaginable just outside the viewer's range. The central figures are wide-eyed and in motion while the other men look upon the viewer.