Risk and Invention, the early abstraction of Norman Lewis

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Norman Lewis, Untitled, 1945, oil on canvas with collage, 33-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches (Georgia Museum of Art, © Estate of Norman Lewis)

speakers: Dr. Shawnya L. Harris (Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, Georgia Museum of Art and Dr. Steven Zucker



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