Bridge : [graphic] Portrait of the artist Hughie Lee-Smith / Philip J. Calabria, photographer. 1996.

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Bridge : [graphic] Portrait of the artist Hughie Lee-Smith / Philip J. Calabria, photographer. 1996.

A photographic portrait of artist Hughie Lee-Smith, taken by Calabria in the summer of 1996, consisting of four collectively matted 8 in.x10 in. gold-toned chloro-bromide contact prints mounted on 2 x 4 panel. The photographs show a female nude; Lee-Smith seated with wife, Patricia; Lee-Smith seated alone; and an empty chair.

4 photographic prints; 10 x 8 in., mounted on board, 2 x 4 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7025780

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Smith, Hughie-Lee

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Afro-American painter and lecturer; New York, N.Y. and N.J.; b. 1915; d. Feb. 23, 1999. From the description of Hughie Lee-Smith papers, 1942-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83334947 b. 1915; d. 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 83647233 Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999) was a painter and educator in Illinois, Michigan, and New York. From the desc...

Calabria, Philip J.

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Calabria is a photographer, Northfield, Mass.; Hughie Lee-Smith, an African American painter. [Lee-Smith died Feb. 23, 1999]. The portrait toured with the 1997-1998 Lee-Smith retrospective as his representative portrait. Calabria used Lee-Smith's portrait of Moses Soyer as the inspiration for the work. From the description of Bridge : [graphic] Portrait of the artist Hughie Lee-Smith / Philip J. Calabria, photographer. 1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220217072 ...