Lot 420: Lawrence Arthur Jones (American/Mississippi)

Lawrence Arthur Jones (American/Mississippi, 1910-1996), "Dumaine Street, New Orleans", 1935, etching, pencil-signed, titled and dated, Lynchburg VA Civic Art League, exhibition label, and signed, titled, dated and inscribed en verso, plate 5 3/4 in. x 8 in., sheet 7 in. x 9 1/4 in., unframed Note: African-American Civil Rights activist and Southern educator Lawrence Arthur Jones is best known for his work trying to circumvent mandated segregation and Eurocentric traditions in his art classes at Jackson State University in Natchez, Mississippi and Dillard University in New Orleans. "Dumaine Street, New Orleans" depicts a part of the historic Faubourg Tremé.
Please Note: Starting Bid USD $500