Senegal Girl / Landscape

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color lithograph portrait of girl with a cityscape in the background, in a mélange of colors. The girl is depicted in orange at the bottom center, from the shoulders up. She has short curly hair and wears a patterned shirt. There are lines encircling her face. The background behind her depicts a cityscape of various buildings and rooftops, including a domed roof to the left. The buildings yellow and red, moving to green, purple, and blue from left to right. At bottom right is a doorway with foliage growing over it. The title of the print [Senegal Girl / Landscape] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner with [5 imp] written next to it. The print is signed [James L. Wells 68] on the bottom right corner in pencil.

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