Lot 19767: EMILIO CRUZ (American b. 1937)

EMILIO CRUZ (American b. 1937)
Seated Lady with a Turban, c. 1960
Pencil and crayon on paper
22.75in. x 16.6in. (sight size)
Signed lower right: Emilio Cruz

Emilio Cruz, an African-American artist of Cuban descent, was associated in the mid-1960s with such figurative painters as Bob Thompson, Jan Maller and Lester Johnson. He credits an amalgam of influences -- among them Latin American, African, Egyptian and Native American art. His artwork is housed in the Smithsonian Museum.