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ARTIS LANE (1927 - ) Young Woman . Pencil on wove paper, circa 1985. 660x508 mm; 26x20 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to a private collection. This beautiful portrait is the first drawing by this Californian artist to come to auction at Swann Galleries. Born in Ontario, Canada, Artis Lane studied at the Art College in Toronto, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and the University of California in Los Angeles. In 1984, the artist had one of her first solo exhibitions at the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles. Today, Artis Lane is celebrated for her portraits in both sculpture and painting of famous and historic figures. In 2007, the California African American Museum of Los Angeles mounted a major retrospective exhibition of her work. In 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled Lane's bronze bust of Sojourner Truth, which became the first sculpture of a black woman installed in the U.S. Capitol.