<I>Environment No. 5</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969; printed in 2000
name: label: Created by
content: Eldzier Cortor, American, 1916 - 2015
notes: label: Description
content: A three-tone mezzotint of female faces by Eldzier Cortor. Depicted in two parts, framed by a silver color border, from left to right: Two grayscale women, one in profile with a bright earring, the other looking forward with a bright head wrap, one of her eyes visible, a brightly shaded nut or fruit at her clavicle, are framed within the arch of a wood-like grayscale border. On the right of the print are two bronze-brown female figures, the bottoms of the faces shown. One figure is drawn in profile, her head flanked by a large round disk; the other facing forward wearing one hoop earring, her very long neck drawn sculpturally, and below it, two bright round nuts or fruit. The bottom left of the print, beneath the gray border, reads “17/100”, the title [Environment No. V”, and the artist’s signature [Eldzier Cortor]. There are no markings on the back of the print.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Artist, Eldzier Cortor, in memory of Sophia Cortor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.170.6
objectType: label: Type
content: mezzotints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1969 Eldzier Cortor
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: mezzotints on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (image): 31 3/16 × 41 15/16 in. (79.2 × 106.6 cm)