Girls Profile
Object Details
- Artist
- James Lesesne Wells
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Frame: 19 3/16 × 19 1/8 × 5/8 in. (48.7 × 48.6 × 1.6 cm)
- Caption
- This woodblock print is typical of artist James Lesesne Wells’s early work, which depicts African Americans in urban and rural spaces. The facial expression of the young Black woman is inscrutable, though the exaggerated horizontal black and white lines covering her profile indicate drama conveyed through shadows and light. The woman’s attire, hairstyle, and depiction in profile invoke imagery from ancient Egypt, while the landscape, the sky’s straited black and white lines, and the solid border reflect the crisp, elegant lines characteristic of traditional woodblock carving and 20th century modernism.
- Accession Number
- 2014.0018.0002
- Type
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- acm_2014.0018.0002
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