Leadbelly
20"x 24" acrylic on canvas
C. Earnhart 1998
R.M. Wilson collection
...HERE TO DO A FEW TUNES BETWEEN HOMICIDES
"Lead Belly, born Huddie Ledbetter, of the Louisiana swamps, is a powerful, knife-toting Negro, who has killed one man and seriously wounded another, but whose husky tenor and feathery, string-plucking fingers ineluctably charm the ears of those who listen."
New York Herald Tribune 1/3/1935
The David Stone Martin influenced drawing for the above painting, which is a scan of the small photo I have of the finished work. Stuart Davis, Georges Braque and Picasso are also clearly present in my painting style.
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