{"product_id":"together-we-stand","title":"Together We Stand","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreated in 1997, \u003cem\u003eTogether We Stand\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Samella Lewis’s most ambitious lithographs. A multigenerational group gathers around a banner carrying words from Maya Angelou’s poem “Our Grandmothers.” The text and figures function together: the work is at once an image of assembly and a public declaration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe banner does not operate as a decorative quotation. Angelou’s poem speaks through an enslaved woman instructing her children not to be undone by violence and injustice. Lewis places those words inside a community of adults and a young girl, shifting the image from individual portraiture toward memory carried collectively across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional interpretation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art holds an impression and describes the work as a testimony to Lewis’s childhood in Louisiana under Jim Crow. LACMA’s curatorial record also notes that the young girl may represent Lewis herself and connects the image to the artist’s practice of representing women through their beliefs and convictions rather than conventional likeness alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePrint and edition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe large horizontal sheet gives the gathering room to read as both family and public assembly. The 1997 lithograph was issued in an edition of 60 with additional artist’s proofs.\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 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30.5 × 37.75 in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60 plus artist’s proofs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unframed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samella Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46409800319020,"sku":"SL-012","price":6800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/7936\/1324\/files\/il_680x540.1334631667_84o9.jpg?v=1792176656","url":"https:\/\/shop.samellalewis.com\/products\/together-we-stand","provider":"Samella Lewis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}