<I>Classical Study No. 30</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Created by
content: Eldzier Cortor, American, 1916 - 2015
notes: label: Description
content: An oil on canvas painting of a woman's face by Eldzier Cortor. Depicted primarily on the left of the canvas, is a woman with voluminous dark hair. Her proper right hand rests against her cheek, and a bright round earring is in her proper left ear. Her entire visage is set against thick bursts of yellow, gold and blue. The artist’s signature is painted [E. Cortor] in the bottom right corner of the canvas. The back of the wooden frame features blue tape and two paper tags, the first tag, orange and centered at the top middle, reads: [E. CORTOR / CLASSICAL STUDY #30 / OIL]. The second tag, a white sticker with red swirl patterns, reads: [“Classical Study No. 30” / Oil / Eldzier Cortor].
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
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 the Artist, Eldzier Cortor, in memory of Sophia Cortor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.170.1
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1980 Eldzier Cortor
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (framed): 15 5/8 × 27 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (39.7 × 70.5 × 4.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unframed): 10 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (26 × 56.5 cm)