{"product_id":"cleo","title":"Cleo II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCleo II\u003c\/em\u003e is built around a frontal figure holding two yellow flowers. Lewis places her within carefully organized blocks of green, blue, gold, black, and white, giving the portrait a formal structure without distancing us from the sitter. The flowers interrupt that geometry with an intimate, living detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cleo” was one of Lewis’s own nicknames, and the name also recalls Clio, the Greek muse of history. That double association gives the portrait an unusual resonance: it can be read as a specific child, as an image of memory, and as a meditation on who is allowed to stand inside history. Lewis does not explain the figure through narrative. Her direct gaze and centered position are enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional context\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated impressions of the 1996 composition, catalogued as \u003cem\u003eCleo\u003c\/em\u003e, are held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Crocker Art Museum. Those museum records place the image within Lewis’s important body of later lithographs and confirm its continuing institutional recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePrint and edition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe broad fields of color are balanced by the drawn quality of the figure and flowers. This estate impression is catalogued as \u003cem\u003eCleo II\u003c\/em\u003e and belongs to an edition of 100.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dr. Samella Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lithograph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27.5 × 20.25 in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unframed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samella Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46409799204908,"sku":"SL-003","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/7936\/1324\/files\/samella-lewis-cleo-full-composition.jpg?v=1792333517","url":"https:\/\/shop.samellalewis.com\/products\/cleo","provider":"Samella Lewis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}