Karlstrom, Paul J., "The Spirit in the Stone: The Visionary Art of James W. Washington, Jr.," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989, pg. 11.
Karlstrom, Paul J., "The Spirit in the Stone: The Visionary Art of James W. Washington, Jr.," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989, pg. 10.
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Summary:
A profile portrait of a man with a beard and a moustache facing to the proper right. Below the bust are a series of drawings, a fish, a rocket-like structure and two arrows one pointing up and the other pointing down.