The pose of two dancing figures behind a group of seated men with string instruments in one of this artist's paintings parallels that of two dancers beneath a floating fetish 
The pose of two dancing figures behind a group of seated men with string instruments in one of this artist's paintings parallels that of two dancers beneath a floating fetish in another of his works. This artist depicted a red silhouette of the Sphinx and a broken manacle under typography by his teacher, the German designer Winold Reiss, in his cover for the first and only edition of FIRE!! Magazine, which was published the same year as his cover of the "industrial issue" of Opportunity magazine. The Statue of Liberty appears in the distance behind a man standing on a giant gear and holding a saxophone in his (*) The Song of the Towers. This artist's style of visible light rays and colorful silhouettes is exemplified by murals he painted in the present-day Schomburg Center, including From Slavery Through Reconstruction. For 10 points, name this Harlem Renaissance painter of the Aspects of Negro Life series.
The pose of two dancing figures behind a group of seated men with string instruments in one of this artist's paintings parallels that of two dancers beneath a floating fetish in another of his works.
Aaron Douglas