Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

Ernest Crichlow
EVENING THOUGHTS Signed Lithograph, Young Black Woman, Color Collage Portrait

2002

About the Item

EVENING THOUGHTS is an original limited edition lithograph by the Harlem Renaissance, social realist African-American artist ERNEST CRICHLOW (1914-2005). Printed in 2002 at JK Fine Art Editions Co. from hand drawn plates using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. EVENING THOUGHTS is an abstract color collage portrait depicting a pensive young black woman expressed using geometric details to form her nose, forehead highlight, and eyes. The woman's youthful presence is enhanced by her lime green v-neck and periwinkle blue top as she peers from behind a pink curtain looking down and to her left; her hand near positioned her mouth. Moody moonlit background of teal blue, neutral gray. Print size - 25 x 18 in., unframed, mint condition, pencil signed by Ernest Crichlow, Certificate of Authenticity provided Image size - 17.5 x 13 in. Edition size - 150, plus proofs Year published - 2002 Ernest Crichlow was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1914, died 2005, Brooklyn NY. He joined the Harlem Artists Guild in the 1930s and worked alongside Jacob Lawrence, Charles Alston, and Aaron Douglas. The Artists Guild was supported by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for many artists during the Depression. For Crichlow, the WPA was essential to the formation of many careers of African-American artists. He said that the WPA was "the greatest stimulant the American art scene had ever had. It meant something to be an artist then. The WPA was our haven and offered us a real entrée into what was happening. We had a lot of hope . . . Before that, very few of us had anything resembling a real art education." Crichlow was always a strong advocate for black artists. In 1969, he, Romare Bearden, and Norman Lewis jointly founded the Cinque Gallery, an institution devoted to the advancement of black artists. Mr. Crichlow's artwork focused on the "indomitable inner strength, intrinsic beauty, dignity and essential humanity that exists in the African American community."
More From This SellerView All
  • OVID METAMORPHOSES Signed Lithograph, Nessus and Deianira, Centaur, Mythology
    By Marcello Tommasi
    Located in Union City, NJ
    OVID METAMORPHOSES - Metamorfosi di Ovidio is an original hand drawn lithograph by the Italian artist sculptor Marcello Tommasi (1928-2008). Printed...
    Category

    1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • CITY GROUP Signed Lithograph, Street Crowd, Women Men Faces, Peach Orange Brown
    By Lester Johnson
    Located in Union City, NJ
    CITY GROUP is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY figurative expressionist painter, Lester Johnson. Printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 10...
    Category

    1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • NY SCENE: FACES Signed Lithograph, Portrait Women Red Hair, Man Blue Yankee Cap
    By Lester Johnson
    Located in Union City, NJ
    NY SCENE: FACES is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY figurative expressionist painter, Lester Johnson. Printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset printmaking paper 100% acid free, full bleed image, no margins. NY SCENE: FACES presents a city street scene portraying a head portrait of two doll-like women's faces looking in opposite directions. The two men positioned above them in the background also looking away, not at each other, all crowded together on a busy city street. The young women with full wavy auburn hair and red lips are the focal point, one wearing lively checkered print dress, the other a strand of white pearls. Easily visible on the upper right corner, one male figure sports a navy blue New York YANKEES cap...
    Category

    1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS Signed Lithograph, Asian Women, Parrots
    By Walasse Ting
    Located in Union City, NJ
    RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS is an original lithograph on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free by the renowned Chinese born artist Walasse Ting (DING XIONGQUAN, Chinese, 1929-2010). Ting's use of bold colors and expressive calligraphic brush drawn forms convey vivid life energy. He is well known for his colorful images of women, flowers, fish, parrots and horses and was associated with artists Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, and Pierre Alechinsky, members of the avant-garde group called COBRA. Throughout his artistic life, Ting imbued his passion and spirit into his paintings, poetry and sculpture. RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS is a freely expressed Chinese Ink Brush drawing of three colorfully robed women...
    Category

    1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • DaVinci Tee Threesome, Signed Lithograph, Group Portrait, Pizza, Orange, Rust
    By Lester Johnson
    Located in Union City, NJ
    DaVinci Tee Threesome is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY figurative expressionist painter, Lester Johnson(1919-2010). DaVinci Tee Threesome was printed using hand lithogr...
    Category

    1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • CITY GRACES Signed Lithograph Modern Women Pucci Print Dresses, Peach, Red, Tan
    By Lester Johnson
    Located in Union City, NJ
    CITY GRACES is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY figurative expressionist painter, Lester Johnson. Printed using hand lithography techniques on archival ARCHES paper 100% a...
    Category

    1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

You May Also Like
  • Bert Stern Marilyn Monroe Day Glo Colors Avant Garde Last Photos Bel Air Hotel
    By Bert Stern
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    This set of 12 Serigraphs , each mounted on board, was published in Avant Garde Magazine in March, 1968. Avant Garde magazine only published 14 issues between January 1968 and July 1...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Buddha: Large scale minimalist Indian black and white zen cliff landscape
    By Michele Zalopany
    Located in New York, NY
    This large scale minimalist black and white zen cliff landscape features Buddhas with mudra hands in India. Deities in the lotus yoga position with flo...
    Category

    1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Children: black and white drawing of Christmas holiday winter scene
    By Michele Zalopany
    Located in New York, NY
    Image 12.5 x 19 in. / 32 x 48 cm Paper 28 x 38 in. / 72 x 98 cm Lithograph on smooth, handmade white paper, with pale yellow watercolor border. Edition 30: this impression 22/30...
    Category

    1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph, Watercolor

  • Enki Bilal - Calypso - Original Lithograph
    By Enki Bilal
    Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
    Enki Bilal - Calypso - Original Lithograph Publisher: Amis du Livre Edition: 240 2012 Dimensions: 42 x 30 cm. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph, Pigment

  • Enki Bilal - Dream - Original Lithograph
    By Enki Bilal
    Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
    Enki Bilal - Dream - Original Lithograph Publisher: Amis du Livre Edition: 240 2012 Dimensions: 42 x 30 cm. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph, Pigment

  • Enki Bilal - Mermaids - Original Lithograph
    By Enki Bilal
    Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
    Enki Bilal - Mermaids - Original Lithograph Publisher: Amis du Livre Edition: 240 2012 Dimensions: 42 x 30 cm. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph, Pigment

Recently Viewed

View All