<I>The Card Series II: The Rounds XXXI</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2006-2011
name: label: Created by
content: Whitfield Lovell, American, born 1959
notes: label: Caption
content: "The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell
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content: Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father of West Indian background, he has drawn on both their traditions—the ability of black southerners to make something out of nothing, and the pride of West Indians who grew up where black families constituted the norm. Starting with found photographs, he lovingly captures their likenesses.
label: Caption
content: Lovell has often combined his portraits with found objects. In this series, each of his 54 keenly rendered charcoal portraits—both probing and elegant--is paired with one of 54 round playing cards (a deck of 52 plus two jokers).
label: Description
content: A charcoal pencil drawing from Whitfield Lovell's Round Series. A portrait of an African American woman with her hair styled so that a large amount sits on top of her head, but there is enough to also drape the curled ends over her shoulder. Beneath, the five of diamonds.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Identity
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Card Series II: The Rounds
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: 2011.70.31
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Whitfield Lovell, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: mixed media : charcoal on paper , ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)