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Jessie Willard 2nd Challenge to Champion Fight with Jack Johnson for Worlds Heavy Weight Prize Fighting Champion Ship in Year 1917 and in 1921, detail

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Description: Jessie Willard 2nd Challenge to Champion Fight with Jack Johnson for Worlds Heavy...

TitleJessie Willard 2nd Challenge to Champion Fight with Jack Johnson for Worlds Heavy Weight Prize Fighting Champion Ship in Year 1917 and in 1921, detail

Creator nameYoakum, Joseph E.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1969

Creation date (description)stamped 1969

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsGraphite pencil, blue ballpoint pen, blue fountain pen, colored pencil, and pastel on paper

LocationCollection of Gladys Nilsson and Jim Nutt

SubjectsDrawing, American--20th centuryOutsider artistsAfrican American artistsBoxing in art

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Joseph E. Yoakum: First Esteemed Nava-Joe Artist on Chicago South Side in Year 1962 to 1972

Description: Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw

Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw

I have always had mixed feelings about Joseph E. Yoakum. I am impressed by what he accomplished in such a short time and with so few resources; I feel conflicted, however, about how he was situated within the art world...

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Mark Pascale (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor), Édouard Kopp (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Copyright© 2021 by The Art Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.59-63

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Chapter subject tags:Yoakum, Joseph, 1886-1972Outsider artistsAfrican American artistsSouth Side (Chicago, Ill.)Black Arts movement

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