The Kiss

Source catalog description

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 linocut in brown, yellow, and white depicting two figures leaning in to kiss. Both figures are depicted in profile, outlined in brown and against a brown background framed by an archway overhead. The male figure is on the right, with a yellow circular design on his cheek and curly hair. The female figure is on the left, with a floral design on her cheek and decorative lines along her forehead and above her head, possibly depicting a headwrap. The title of the print [The Kiss] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner, and it is signed in pencil [James L. Wells] on the bottom right, underneath the image.

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