This is an etching done by Gaines in a style he called "psycho beautigraph," signed in plate and copyrighted 1946, matted and behind glass, framed - 18 1/2"x23 1/2". 
 
Gaines (Alabama, 1908-1991) was associated with the African American community center in Selma, Ala., which was funded by the WPA Federal Art Project.