<I>Figure (abstract)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Keith Simons, Belizean-American, born 1922
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 Figure (abstract), by Keith Simons 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 surrealist charcoal drawing depicting an abstract, anthropomorphic figure. The figure has a torso, limbs, and a head that resemble stacked rocks. The largest rock shapes form the figures’ hips, chest, and head while the top of the figures thighs are smaller rocks, as are the shoulder, arm, and hand. The figure appears to be in profile with their body, facing the right edge of the drawing and their head turned towards the viewer. The rock shape that forms the head has closed eyes, sharp cheekbones, thin lips, and a pointed chin. A smaller rock above the head gives the appearance of hair pulled into a top-knot. The figure’s proper right arm, drawn as if constructed of several small rocks, is raised above the figure's head. The rock shapes are shaded with hatch marks. The artist’s initials and date, [KS / 1952], is written near the center left edge. 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: 2023.117.2.13
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
label: Type
content: mimeograph copies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Keith Simons
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 1/16 × 8 9/16 × 1/16 in. (35.7 × 21.7 × 0.1 cm)