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Description: Charles White's line drawing of Spartacus

TitleCharles White's line drawing of Spartacus

Creator nameWhite, Charles

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1951

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsUnknown

Locationreproduced on cover of Howard Fast, Spartacus (n.p.: Howard Fast, 1951)

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsDrawing, American--20th centuryMythology, Greek, in artAfrican American artists

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“Graphic Interpreter of the Black People”: Charles White as Draftsman and Printmaker

Mark Pascale

Charles White: A Retrospective

In a publicity poster for a 1971 lecture (fig. 1), Charles White was billed as a “graphic interpreter of the black people,” a phrase that adroitly summarizes one crucial component of his artistic practice...

Author

Sarah Kelly Oehler (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.39-47

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100007&redirecttoanchor=200084

Chapter subject tags:White, Charles, 1918-1979Prints, American--20th centuryAfrican American artistsAfrican American artists--United States--20th centuryDrawing, American--20th centuryArt Institute of Chicago. School

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