*Baule Mask, Carved Bobbin (Guru), and Dan Mask shown from right to left*

Title: Carved Bobbin (Guru) | Baule Mask | Dan Mask

Artist: Norman Wilfred Lewis

Year: 1935

Medium: Pastel on Canvas

Period: Harlem Renaissance

Style/Genre: Figurative Expressionism; African Art.

Notes & Analysis of the Artwork

Taken from the mask of Baulé and Dan Cultures

• A group of native African people.

Sought to server the distinction between the models of naturalism.

• Abandonment of his earlier teachings and works.

Engages with social and political inequalities faced by black artist.

Highlighted in its forms, movement, and resemblance. 

• Fluidity in rhythm.

Said to be “like enjoying a new kind of music”.

Let’s talk about the feeling and emotion it delivers form each one:

• Dan Mask: the shape of the mouth and the structure of the face.

• Black is giving power and strength. 

• Carved Bobbin: the elongated neck, the shape of the mouth and the face.
  • Color and shape tell of power and leadership.
  • (Guru) gives an elder/leadership distinction from the others.
  • The connection to the green gives a humanistic touch.

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