<I>Pencils From China</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1981
name: label: Created by
content: Margo Humphrey, American, born 1942
notes: label: Description
content: A color lithograph of a bundle of colorful pencils, loosely tied with a bright red ribbon, against a black and yellow background. Each pencil has a pointed graphite tip, colorful, swirling marble-patterned shaft, gold-colored ferrule and pink eraser. One pencil in the bundle has white text along the shaft that reads “SIN WEN WHA.” The red ribbon around the pencils is loose, with two pencils falling beneath the bundle and the ribbon ends floating free above the bundle. A single pencil floats free in the air above the rest of the bundle. The bundle lies atop a black, colorfully patterned semi-circle vessel with a twisted black and white edge. The vessel sits on an uneven yellow surface. Along the right side, within the black background, are red Chinese characters. In a black shadow beneath the vessel, white text reads [PENCILS FROM CHINA], and in a patch of black beneath the edge of the yellow surface is the artist’s initials [MH] next to a small zebra. The image has an even yellow border on all sides, with red flecks along the left and right edges, and a black margin.
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, Gift of Juanita and Melvin Hardy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.58.7
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Margo Humphrey
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (56.5 × 76.8 cm)