<I>Abstraction</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 Abstraction, by Earle Nixon for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. Printed in black on white paper, it is a reproduction of an abstract, charcoal drawing. Within multi-layered forms, lines, and shading, a large, loose spiral shape dominates the center of the drawing. The spiral has three curlicues toward the bottom half of the shape. Below the spiral, and just inside the top arm of the spiral, are two partially shaded circles. The interior of the spiral is shaded lighter than the rest of the piece. The space surrounding the spiral is divided up into asymmetrical shapes and shaded in different gradations that range from light gray to near black. A large zig zag runs horizontally across the top of the piece. Throughout the rest of the drawing are irregular horizontal and vertical lines and, at the center of the spiral, are two sets of irregular shapes drawn in two continuous lines that create linked step shapes, quadrilaterals, and diagonals. Short diagonal lines accent the bottom interior and exterior curve of the spiral. The artist signature, [Nixon], is in the bottom right corner. 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
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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: 2023.117.2.5
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
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: 14 × 8 9/16 × 1/16 in. (35.6 × 21.8 × 0.1 cm)