LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache and crayon on masonite board

Measurements:

24.02 in. (61.00 cm.) (height) by 47.99 in. (121.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed in crayon, lower left, recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "To/For Connie Tate whose mind, skill and warm spirit serve the most impotent entity among us today, the black child. May the supreme force that guidest us all ever bless you. Peace and Power to you. Always sincerely, Yours truly, all those things that mean truth. Edgar H. Sorrells. P.S. You helped me too." in crayon, verso

Exhibited:

During his thirty-plus year career, he has exhibited nationally and internationally, in a number of solo and group exhibitions including: The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, The Center of African-American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institute, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC Sorrells-Adewale has traveled to West Africa, Brazil, China and Europe where he co-presented workshops at the Academies of Fine Arts in Geneva and Palermo In February of 1999, Towson University, Towson, MD honored him with its 1989 Distinguished Black Marylanders Award in the Arts