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Selections from the Permanent Collection and Recent Acquisitions in Honor of Bla

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Artist(s): James Lesesne Wells (Atlanta, GA, Nov 2, 1902 - January 20, 1993, Washington, DC)
Title: Book Jacket for "The Negro Wage Earner"
Date: 1930
Dimensions: 9 in. x 14 1/4 in. (22.86 cm x 36.2 cm)
Medium: offset print of linoleum cut
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, gift of James Lesesne Wells, 1990.46

This object is a member of the following groups (click any group name to view all objects in that group):

Periods and Styles: Civil Rights Movement
Themes: MLC Portfolio: Race and Otherness

Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Selections from the Permanent Collection and Recent Acquisitions in Honor of Bla, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/15/1990 - 3/11/1990
The Harlem Renaissance, Hayward Gallery, 6/19/1997 - 8/3/1998
Harlem: In Situ, Addison Gallery of American Art, 3/29/2019 - 7/31/2019

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