a-b-jackson-american-1925-1981-portrait
Lot 2025
A. B. Jackson (American, 1925-1981), Portrait
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Charcoal on paper, signed at lower right, framed and with round matting.

Frame dimensions 12 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. James Ross Johnson, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina

Born to an Irish mother and black father in Connecticut, Jackson was educated at Yale but called Virginia home. The Chrysler Museum in Norfolk mounted a large retrospective of his work following his untimely death in 1981.

Few minor, light spots; not examined out of frame.