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Aspiration

James Lesesne Wells

Aspiration

1924

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James Lesesne Wells

Aspiration

1924

Physical Qualities Linoleum cut, Sheet: 625 x 451 mm. (24 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.) Image: 384 x 308 mm. (15 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 2011.302
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, MD; Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Chevy Chase, MD
Morgan Dowty, BMA, "1939: Exhibiting Black Art at the BMA," June 13 - October 28, 2018.

Inscribed: across bottom in graphite: "Aspiration James L. Wells"

Artist

James Lesesne Wells

1901–1992

American, 1902-1993
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