Texas Emancipation Day (Juneteenth)

 

Fronzell L. "Doc" Spellmon

 

1983  

pen and ink drawing on paper, collaged to mat board 

8 7/8 x 10 9/16" image and paper size 

ink, in image, lower right; signed on support board, lower right 

1 of 1 unique 

dated, copyrighted, and inscribed "2M" after copyright, in image; titled on support board, beneath image 

 

white wove, mounted to matboard 

 

 

18605 

SOLD

A drawing in white paint and black ink, collaged to a piece of mat board, by Fronzell L. "Doc" Spellmon (2/12/1925 - 8/24/2008). Spellmon, an African American artist from the Austin / San Antonio, Texas area. Spellmon worked as an illustrator during WWII. His mature work is considered to be that of an "outsider" artist. This drawing is Spellmon's commemoration of the June 19th, 1865 Galveston, Texas observance of the ending of slavery in the US. It is now known as Juneteenth, African-American Emancipation Day. It is now observed internationally.