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)$165
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $145 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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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
