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Leslie
Lezli
Leslie
John Wilson (American, 1922–2015)
1972
Medium/Technique
Charcoal on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Framed: 85.7 x 67.3 cm (33 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 60.8 x 48.1 cm (23 15/16 x 18 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 60.8 x 48.1 cm (23 15/16 x 18 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Living New England Artist Purchase Fund, created by The Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation
Accession Number2002.619
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionThe sitter is New York-born author and poet Akua Lezli Hope (born White), a friend of the Wilsons who would visit the family in Brookline when she was an undergraduate at Williams College. Hope was part of the first class of women to attend Williams College in the fall of 1971.
InscriptionsIn charcoal, l.r.: Wilson 1972
Provenance2002, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2002)
CopyrightEstate of John Wilson