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Samella Sanders Lewis
Prophet1969/2006

On view: Resnick PavilionDeep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures
Woodcut print of a stylized, elongated male face with beard, rendered in bold vertical black lines on off-white paper, staring directly forward

Samella Sanders Lewis, Prophet, 1969/2006, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Stephanie Blackmore Vahn, the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA, and the Prints and Drawings Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban

Artist or Maker
Samella Sanders Lewis
United States, Louisiana, New Orleans,1924-2022
Title
Prophet
Date Made
1969/2006
Medium
Linocut
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (58.1 × 33.34 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Stephanie Blackmore Vahn, the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA, and the Prints and Drawings Council
Accession Number
M.2022.72.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Samella Sanders Lewis, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban

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