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C'est l'amour

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Description: C'est l'amour
TitleC'est l'amour
Creator nameWhite, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1959
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsCharcoal and Conté crayon
LocationPrivate collection
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsDrawing, American--20th centuryAfrican American women in artFeminine beauty (Aesthetics) in artAfrican American artists
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Charles White: Feminist at Midcentury
Kellie Jones
Description: Charles White: A Retrospective
Charles White: A Retrospective
In her book Living a Feminist Life, Sara Ahmed asks what it means to hold on to “the promise” of the word feminism. For Ahmed there are many feminisms and many feminist movements...
Author
Sarah Kelly Oehler (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor)
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright© 2018 by The Art Institute of Chicago
Related print edition pages: pp.69-83
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100009&redirecttoanchor=200113
Chapter subject tags:White, Charles, 1918-1979Feminism--United States--History--20th centuryAfrican American artists--United States--20th centuryDe Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997Communism--United States--20th centuryParks, Gordon, 1912-2006Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913Political art--United States--20th century

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Description: Harvest Talk
Harvest Talk
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator nameWhite, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1953
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsCharcoal, Wolff's carbon drawing pencil, and graphite, with stumping and erasing on ivory wood pulp laminate board
Dimensions26 x 39 in. (66.1 x 99.2 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111810/harvest-talk
Accession number1991.126
Harvest Talk
Harvest Talk
Description: Bill Traylor, Symbols
Bill Traylor, Symbols
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1940
Object typePhotograph
Bill Traylor, Symbols
Bill Traylor, Symbols
Description: Jemima’s Pancakes
Jemima’s Pancakes
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator nameColescott, Robert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1968–1971
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsGraphite on paper
Dimensions25 1⁄4 × 19 1⁄4 in. (64.1 × 48.9 cm)
LocationPrivate collection
Jemima’s Pancakes
Jemima’s Pancakes
Description: Vanilla Nightmares #2
Vanilla Nightmares #2
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator namePiper, Adrian
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1986
Object typeDrawing
Materialscharcoal and red crayon, with erasing, on tan wove paper (newsprint)
Dimensions23 5/8 x 27 5/8 in. (60 x 70.3 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/119340?search_no=40&index=0
Accession number1992.744
Vanilla Nightmares #2
Vanilla Nightmares #2
Description: Green Bough
Green Bough
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1951
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPastel with brush and black ink and watercolor on ivory wove paper
Dimensions24 x 19 in. (61.1 x 48.7 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/80240?search_no=4&index=0
Accession number1954.122
Green Bough
Green Bough
Description: Our Land
Our Land
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator nameWhite, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1951
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera on panel
LocationArt Bridges, Bentonville, Arkansas
https://artbridgesfoundation.org/artworks/white-our-land
Accession numberAB.2020.4
Our Land
Our Land
Description: Passing
Passing
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator nameColescott, Robert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1982
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsCharcoal on paper
Dimensions60 × 33 in. (152.4 × 83.8 cm)
LocationRubell Family Collection, Miami
Passing
Passing
Description: Untitled (Portrait of a Young Man)
Untitled (Portrait of a Young Man)
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameDelaney, Beauford
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1928
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsCharcoal on paper
LocationKnoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee
https://knoxart.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/44B67F0C-66A7-4C40-8A92-001184960071
Accession number2017.14.01
Untitled (Portrait of a Young Man)
Untitled (Portrait of a Young Man)
Description: Knowledge of the Past Is the Key to the Future (St. Sebastian)
Knowledge of the Past Is the Key to the Future (St. Sebastian)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator nameColescott, Robert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1986
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions84 × 72 in. (213.4 × 182.9 cm)
LocationPrivate collection
Knowledge of the Past Is the Key to the...
Knowledge of the Past Is the Key to the Future (St. Sebastian)
Description: Untitled (Seated Man)
Untitled (Seated Man)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1933
Object typePainting
Dimensions36 x 24 in.
LocationCollection of Raymond J. McGuire, New York
Untitled (Seated Man)
Untitled (Seated Man)

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