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2007

Boy on Bench

Samella Lewis

American, 1923 - 2022

Lewis is an internationally celebrated artist, curator, editor, and trailblazing art historian who wrote the first survey of African American art history. Her devotion to education is reflected in this stoic image of a young boy clasping a book.

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Samella Lewis, Boy on Bench, 2007 | Philadelphia Art Museum