<I>Head</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Roy DeCarava, American, 1919 - 2009
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 Head by Roy DeCarava 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 depicting a close-up of a man’s face. The man’s face takes up most of the sheet of paper and cuts off just below the top of the forehead and above the chin. The man has a serious expression on his face. His face is elongated and narrow with heavy arched eyebrows; a large, wide nose; and thick lips. He also has a furrowed brow and deep lines that run across his forehead and on either side of his mouth and cheeks. The artist signature and date, [DECARAVA / ‘52] is written in the bottom left 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: 2023.117.2.14
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: mimeograph copies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Roy DeCarava
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 × 8 9/16 × 1/16 in. (35.6 × 21.7 × 0.1 cm)