WILLIAM E. SMITH (1913 - 1997) Bill as Emperor Jones.
Linoleum cut on wove paper, circa 1940. 232x204 mm; 9 1/8x8 1/8 inches, wide margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. A dark and richly inked impression.
Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones was one of several plays produced by the WPA's Federal Theatre Project, in which blacks and black themes were featured.
