Oil on canvas, signed and dated "Nash '73" at lower right, with remnants of frame.

DOA 34 x 54 in.

From the Art Collection of Sam Ezell, Hillsborough, NC.

Originally from Asheville, Willie Nash earned a BA degree in fine arts from NCCU in Durham, NC. In an article published in Georgia Review in 1988, Nash's paintings "demonstrate positive interpretations of the black presence in America, with his prolific output falling into three basic thematic groupings: historical scenes of blacks in the migration to the American West, realistic depictions of everyday work and family life among modern blacks, and mythic renditions of the black role in civilization's development." ("from 'Civilization' a series of paintings," Willie Nash, The Georgia Review, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Winter 1988), pp 784-792).

The silhouettes of black women with afros melding into the boldly colored landscape ripe with flowers and suns clearly places this painting in his third thematic group.

Some surface grime and scuffs; essentially unframed.