<I>Woman Sleeping</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Earle Nixon
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 Sleeping, by Earle Nixon 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 that depicts a woman, curled on her side while sleeping. The woman is shown in close up from the waist up. She is laying on her proper right side, facing the viewer. Her wavy, ear length hair is parted down the proper left side and her eyes are closed as if sleeping. Her arms are curled inwards and her proper right cheek is resting on her proper right forearm and the top of her proper left hand. She is wearing a collared blouse over a shirt with a jewel neckline. 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: 2023.117.2.8
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: mimeograph copies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Earle Nixon
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: 11 1/16 × 14 1/16 × 1/16 in. (28.1 × 35.7 × 0.1 cm)