Sale 2487 - African-American Fine Art, October 4, 2018

41 c SAMELLA LEWIS (1924 - ) Untitled (Creole Mules) . Color screenprint on cream wove paper, circa 1953-58. 381x502 mm; 15x19 3 / 4 inches, wide margins. Artist’s proof, aside from an unknown edition. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection; thence by descent to a private collection, North Carolina. The owner’s great aunt acquired this print from Samella Lewis when both women taught at Florida A&M University in the 1950s. This image is different from the same-titled edition of 60 printed in 1995. We have not located another impression of this extremely scarce print. [4,000/6,000]