James Lesesne Wells
Looking Upward
1927
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James Lesesne Wells
Looking Upward
1927
Physical Qualities
Linoleum cut, Sheet: 580 x 432 mm. (22 13/16 x 17 in.)
Image: 370 x 225 mm. (14 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number
1992.151
Oversize figure walking through city, carrying buildings, looking upward.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1992; Jacob and Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, MD
Morgan Dowty, BMA, "1939: Exhibiting Black Art at the BMA," June 13 - October 28, 2018.
James Smalls, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," June 7, 2006 - December 3, 2006.
James Smalls, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," June 7, 2006 - December 3, 2006.
Inscribed: across bottom in graphite: "11/20 "Looking Upward" James L. Wells '28"
