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| Frank Jones, “Untitled (Puerto Rican German)” (circa 1960), colored pencil on paper, 18.75 x 25 inches (all images courtesy of Shrine, New York) |
African-American outsider artist Frank Jones (1900-1969) did remarkable drawings in colored pencil on paper while serving time at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.
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| Frank Jones, “Untitled (number 602)” (circa 1960), colored pencil on paper, 20.5 x 25 inches |
Frank Jones – 114591 is an exhibition of nine of his drawings at Shrine (179 East Broadway, Lower East Side, Manhattan) through September 13. The show takes its title from the artist’s own prisoner number.
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