Cry Beloved Country

Charles Alston

1972

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Large metal sculpture of the musician Chuck Berry, on a tapered rectangular base composed of pieces of metal tubing stands the figure of the musician, his right leg bent at the knee and his left leg outstretched in front of him, he leans slightly backward and plays a guitar held in both hands.
Possible study for Dejygea
An abstract ground of aqueous blues and greens fill the image. An elongated, yellow and green plant form seems suspended on the top layer of the composition.
One of ten lithographs on Sauders Hotpress paper, contained in portfolio