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LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1998) The Black Man in White America - Van Deusen.
Pen and ink with gouache additions on cream wove paper, circa 1944. 279x559 mm;11x22 inches.
Provenance: the James K. Hill collection.
This Loïs Mailou Jones drawing is the original design for the illustrated wrap-around dusk jacket of John C Van Deusen's book The Black Man in White America. This early study of the African American experience was published by the Associated Publishers of Washington, DC in 1944.
