<I>Leah Stirring, Red Coat (Sketch)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010
name: label: Created by
content: Gustave Blache III, American, born 1977
label: Subject of
content: Leah Chase, American, 1923 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Dooky Chase's Restaurant, founded 1941
notes: label: Description
content: The framed painting of Leah Stirring, Red Coat (Sketch) by Gustave Blache, III. The painting (a) is rectangular in a wooden painted frame. The painting depicts a figure wearing a red baseball cap and red shirt, with dark pants and a white apron, with their back to the viewer, in front of a stove with their right arm up and out of the image. In the foreground of the image, there are two pieces of curved sausage on the yellow table. The background is mostly yellow. It is signed on the top left corner, in brown ink, reading "GUSTAVE III / "10." The frame (b) has beveled edges, and painted a dull gold color. On the back of the frame, a clear rectangular sticker with black type is stuck to the center, with type aligned on the left, reading "Gustave Blache III/ American, 1977/ Leah Stirring, Red Coat (Sketch), 2010 / Oil on wood / Courtesy of the artist / Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III / New Orleans Museum of Art / April 24, 2012-September 16, 2012]. The back of the frame is not painted, and has four metal brackets sealing the painting inside the back center of the frame.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tremé, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Dookie Chase Restaurant
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Exhibition
content: Cultural Expressions
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.268ab
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Gustave Blache, III
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Frame): 10 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (25.4 × 13.3 × 4.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (back panel view): 8 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (20.6 × 8.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (front panel view): 7 1/2 × 3 in. (19.1 × 7.6 cm)