<I>Woman</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1951; printed 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Hartwell Yeargans, American, 1915 - 2005
label: Printed by
content: Committee for the Negro in the Arts, American, founded 1947
label: Owned by
content: Will Lee, American, 1908 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: A mimeograph reproduction of Woman, by Hartwell Yeargans for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. Printed in black ink on white paper it is a reproduction of a charcoal drawing that depicts the abstract figure of a woman, seated sideways on an upholstered chair with her proper right elbow and knee propped against the chair back and her proper right foot resting on the front edge of the chair seat. Her proper left foot rests on the floor. In the background, on the left, is a console with one turned leg visible and with a potted plant sitting on top of it. In the background, on the right, is a wall with a wavy pattern and beneath the chair and the figure is a wooden floor with wide planks. The artist signature and date [H Yeargans / 51’] is in the bottom right corner. The verso is blank.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio
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: 2023.117.2.3
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: mimeograph copies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Hartwell Yeargans
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 1/16 × 8 9/16 × 1/16 in. (35.7 × 21.8 × 0.1 cm)