No. 1392 Lois Mailou Jones (American, b. 1905). Petite Ballerina, 1982. Acrylic on canvas, 37 x 32 in. Published by Pomegranate Publications, Box 6099, Rohnert Park, CA 94927. Designed by Tim Lewis. Printed in Korea. "In Petite Ballerina, the artist uses the image of the young female initiate as she appears in a dance headdress of cowrie shells and monkey hair. The female ancestral figure which Jones has juxtaposed against the image of the young girl indicates that the ancestral past is a link between generations of creativity." - Penn State University Libraries