AARON DOUGLAS (NY/KS, 1899-1979)

"Listen Lord", oil on canvas, signed verso "A. Douglas", signed and numbered on stretcher in pencil, a New Negro Art Movement / Harlem Renaissance era book illustration for James Weldon Johnson's book, "God's Trombones, Seven Negro Sermons in Verse", published by Viking Press in New York in 1927. Housed in a gold cove frame, OS: 20" x 17 1/2", SS: 15 1/2" x 13". Accompanied by a letter from Dr. Jontyle Theresa Robinson, an educator and author of several books on African American art, acknowledging this painting as a Douglas "masterpiece." Craquelure. Provenance: The artist Doug Crutchfield Private Collection by descent Godel & Company, Fine Art NYC June Kelly Gallery, New York Private Collection. From a Private Collection.