Apr 03 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2698 -

Sale 2698 - Lot 22

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
SAMELLA LEWIS (1923 - 2022)
Untitled (Nun).

Color screenprint on cream wove paper, 1951. 305x241 mm; 12x9½ inches. From an edition of an unknown size. Signed and dated in pencil, lower left.

Provenance
John and Hortense Russell Collection of African American Art (label).
Private collection, Colorado.

Additional Details

This screenprint is a very scarce example of an earrly 1950s print by Samella Lewis - we have not located another impression. In 1951, Lewis became the first African American woman to receive her doctorate in fine arts and art history at the Ohio State University.