Lot 19768: EMILIO CRUZ (American b. 1937)

EMILIO CRUZ (American b. 1937)
Pop Art with Willam deKooning's Face, c.1960
Colored pencil and crayon on paper
22.5in. x 16.75in. (sight size)
Signed lower right: Emilio Cruz

Note: According to the artist, Willam deKooning's face is shown in the right background.

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 a variety of influences, including Latin American, African, Egyptian and Native American art. His artwork is housed in the Smithsonian Museum.