This is a wonderful and very cool Antique Mid Century Black African American Modernism painting, oil or watercolor on paper, by important and regionally renowned East Coast artist Dr. Lanton 1913 – 1991. This work depicts an Abstract Expressionist scene, and is titled Exorcism by Witch Doctor. ” Signed “Wendell C. Lanton in bottom right. A label on the back reads: Black Esthetics – 1978, February 1-12. Title: Exorcism by Witch Doctor. D, 7 Stephen Street, Montclair N. Lanton was an educator, and an early pioneer of the Post – Harlem Renaissance Art movement that proliferated as an African American response to the Mid Century Abstract Expressionism, which was a predominately White genre of art. His works are very rare, and seldom come up for sale. Lanton was a prominent early member of the Illinois chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, an African American Fraternity established at Cornell University in 1906. Please see the last three photos of this listing for a better understanding of this pioneering Black artist. Approximately 25 1/4 x 31 1/4 inches including frame. Please check my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! I SPECIALIZE IN THE FOLLOWING ART GENRES: Antique California Plein Air Impressionism, Asian Modernism, Mid Century Modern, African American, American Folk Art, 19th c. American Painters, European Old Masters, etc. If you collect such works, please check my listings often! This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Region of Origin: US
- Artist: Wendell C. Lanton
- Style: Modern
- Painting Surface: Paper
- Material: Oil
- Date of Creation: 1950-1969
- Features: Framed, Matted, Signed
- Year of Production: 1978
- Width (Inches): 25 1/4
- Color: Black
- Subject: Abstract
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Height (Inches): 31 1/4
