<I>Unknown Lady I, II</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Jack Whitten, American, 1939 - 2018
notes: label: Description
content: A diptych of framed charcoal on rives paper works, Unknown Lady I (a) and Unknown Lady II (b), drawn by Jack Whitten.
label: Description
content: (a) Unknown Lady I: This abstract work has areas of lighter and darker charcoal intersecting each other. The lighter shaded area appears at the bottom and rises up into a point near the center of the work where it begins to transect the darker area of charcoal descending from the top in a swirling mass.
label: Description
content: (b) Unknown Lady II: This abstract work features dark charcoal that lightens at the center where an abstracted form begins to emerge.
label: Description
content: Both works have white wooden frames.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.14.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: diptychs
label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jack Whitten Estate
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: charcoal on cotton wove paper with wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 16 3/16 × 12 11/16 × 1/8 in. (41.1 × 32.2 × 0.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 16 3/16 × 12 11/16 × 1 7/16 in. (41.1 × 32.2 × 3.7 cm)