LEE SMITH HUGHIE The Promise

Sale 2034 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 1,955

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LEE-SMITH, HUGHIE. The Promise. Color lithographed print, showing a young black family with balloons, 23x17 inches image size, wide margins; Signed and Numbered (XXII/XXV) in the lower margin; framed. [New York, 1989]

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Lee-Smith (1915-1999) studied at Cleveland Museum of Art and Wayne State University; worked for the WPA; taught at Claflin University in South Carolina. Has had more than 40 solo exhibitions since 1945; in 1984 the city of Cleveland declared a Hughie Lee-Smith day. His work is represented in, among others, the National Gallery, San Diego Museum, and the Neuberger Museum.