Lopi LaRoe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poplar Tree
Oil on Wood
4 ½ “ X 2 ½ “
2006

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This is a portrait of the singer Billie Holiday. Her signature song, "Strange Fruit" was written by Lewis Allen in 1938 and was a protest song about the ongoing problem of lynching in the American South.