paint on a very heavy piece of environmental metal object as found by the artist. a fantastic painting by African American Arbon Lane. 40" x 25" Arbon was a very inspirational African American painter. For instance, One of Arbon Lane’s paintings (not being sold) depicts an incident on the artist’s journey as a young man from Atlantic City back to his home in North Carolina. Since he had no money or car, he decided to hitchhike. In Maryland, he was arrested and spent a week in jail. When released, he was told not to be caught on the streets again because it was illegal for Negroes to hitchhike in Maryland. After that, he traveled at night until he was finally given a ride back home. This experience was the inspiration for his painting and poem, “Prison.” The painting shows a black man behind bars who is shrugging, as if to say, “What can I do about it?” When he told this story to friends many years later, he merely said, “That’s the way it was.” (story written by Margerette Allen for the Folk Art Society of America)

We are selling for families and estates and all sales ARE FINAL! SHIPPING is the responsibility of the winning bidder. We will only in-house pack and ship small items that fit into an 18x18x18. most paintings under 36" we can pack anything larger needs professional packing by UPS STORE. any item with glass needs professional packing. WE ARE AN AUCTION GALLERY NOT A SHIPPING COMPANY. all items are from estates and in used estate condition. Most folk art items are made from worn out material and have wear. All paintings are in good to great condition. The photos will tell the story. If any piece has defects it was artist made that way. All Environmental items have wear and tear from the outside elements.