LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1998) The Black Man in White America - Van Deusen.
Steel engraving plate, mounted on a wooden block, circa 1944. 540x546x22 mm; 10¼x21¼x⅞ inches.
Provenance: the James K. Hill collection.
This block was used to print Jones's illustration for the 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.
