<I>Two Boys</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Rudi Lesser, German-American, 1901 - 1988
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 Two Boys, by Rudi Lesser 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 pen and ink line drawing portrait of two boys. The boy on the left appears to be older than the boy on the right. Both children are shown from the shoulders up. The older boy is directly facing the viewer and has a serious expression on his face. He has short hair and is wearing a collared shirt. The younger boy on the right is shown in three-quarters pose, turned slightly towards the left edge of the drawing. He is looking down and into the distance to the left, with a serious expression on his face. He has closely cropped hair and is wearing a collared, button down shirt. The artist signature, [Rudi Lesser], is written 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: 2023.117.2.12
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: mimeograph copies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Rudi Lesser
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: 8 9/16 × 14 1/16 × 1/16 in. (21.7 × 35.7 × 0.1 cm)