Lynching c. 1935 - 1940

"Lynching" is a powerful lithograph created by American artist Inez Keister between 1935 and 1940. The artwork depicts a stark and disturbing scene, highlighting the brutal reality of racial violence in the United States during the Jim Crow era. The central figure, a Black man, stands alone, his body contorted in a gesture of pain and vulnerability, while figures in white hoods, symbolic of the Ku Klux Klan, surround him, their identities concealed by their pointed hoods. Keister’s lithograph uses a stark, graphic style to convey the horrific nature of lynching, drawing attention to the systemic racism and oppression that characterized this period.