<I>The Mother</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952; printed 1953
name: label: Created by
content: Charles White, American, 1918 - 1979
label: Printed by
content: Masses & Mainstream, Inc., American, founded 1948
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white offset lithograph titled “The Mother” by Charles White. The lithograph depicts a woman’s face and her hands from her wrists up, set against a solid white background. With both hands, she holds a cloth to her proper left cheek. She is turned slightly to her proper right, looking into the distance. The artist’s signature is near the bottom right of the cloth, handwritten in black ink: [CHARLES WHITE ‘52]. At the front, right bottom corner in black text is [I], marking it as the first of six lithographs from the portfolio “Charles White: Six Drawings” printed by Masses & Mainstream, Inc.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Charles White: Six Drawings
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eric Foner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.87.1
objectType: label: Type
content: offset lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © The Charles White Archive
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 18 1/2 x 13 in. (47 x 33 cm)