Lois Mailou Jones Original National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution Exhibition Poster
- 1990
- Painted by Lois Mailou Jones, Design by Patty Burke
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24 x 36 inches ~ (60 x 91 cm)
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No. 1261 Lois Mailou Jones (American, B. 1905). Les Fetiches, 1938. Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 21 in. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Museum purchase made possible by Mrs. N.H. Green, Dr. R. Harlan, and Francis Musgrave 1990.56. Published by Pomegranate Publications, Box 6099, Rohnert Park, CA 94927. Designed by Patty Burke. Printed in Korea. "African masks dance and collide within the dark void of Loïs Mailou Jones's Les Fétiches. This painting marked a dramatic departure from the impressionist landscapes and still lifes of Jones's early career. Responding to those who criticized her change in style, Jones claimed this avant-garde approach as her birthright as a Black American, stating, "I had to remind them of Modigliani and Picasso and of all the French artists using the inspiration of Africa, and that if anybody had the right to use it, I had it, it was my heritage.'" - Smithsonian American Art Museum