African-American printmaker Sargent Claude Johnson (1887-1967): "Singing Saints" is a lithograph done in 1940. The image measures 12 x 9-1/4 inches. This impression is pencil signed, titled, and editioned "41/150" in the margin beneath the image. Singing Saints was published in the Contemporary Graphics series by the San Francisco Chronicle, this was presented on March 17, 1940 as part of the second series of prints. It was printed by the artist and San Francisco WPA Master Printer Ray Bertrand on a sheet of ivory wove Warren's Olde Style watermarked paper that measures 17-3/4 x 11 inches. Provenance: from the estate of Arthur Painter who was the director of the project.

This is the signature print of African-American, San Francisco-based artist Sargent Johnson. Here, he presents two seated singers mid-refrain, one with guitar in hand. They mirror one another, the slope of their forms melding with the instrument in a joyous composition.