{"product_id":"creole-mules","title":"Creole Mules","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreole Mules\u003c\/em\u003e draws on a memory from Samella Lewis’s Louisiana childhood. Rather than render the scene in naturalistic color, Lewis transforms the animals and landscape through saturated purple, orange, yellow, green, and black. The mules gather into a dense procession across the center of the image, held between a high horizon and the broken marks below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlat layers of screenprinted color give the scene its structure. Shifts between those layers separate and recombine the animals, so the procession reads clearly while the landscape remains unstable and active.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional context\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn impression of \u003cem\u003eCreole Mules\u003c\/em\u003e is held in the Prints and Drawings collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where it is catalogued as a 1995 screenprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePrint and edition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image was issued in an edition of 60. Screenprinting allowed Lewis to build the composition through distinct layers of saturated color while preserving the sharp energy of her drawing.\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 Serigraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24.5 × 20 in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unframed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samella Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46409800155180,"sku":"SL-004","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/7936\/1324\/files\/samella-lewis-Creole-Mules-1-705x531.jpg?v=1792176637","url":"https:\/\/shop.samellalewis.com\/products\/creole-mules","provider":"Samella Lewis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}